Victoria Mitchell
Australian long-distance runner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria Mitchell (born 25 April 1982) is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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Born | (1982-04-25) 25 April 1982 (age 42) Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia[1] |
Education | University of Ballarat |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) |
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Country | Australia |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 3000m steeplechase |
Coached by | Peter Good |
Victoria took part in the World Student Cross Country Championships in 2002 and finished in eleventh place.
Victoria won two Horizon League Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2005 as a Butler University student-athlete.
Victoria finished fourth at the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship[2] as a Butler University[3] senior in a time of 19:50.4.
Mitchell won the 2005 NCAA Division I steeplechase national championship, while competing at Butler.[4]
Her first international medal was a silver at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She was the 2007 winner of the Great Ireland Run.[5] She represented Australia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Games.