Stephanie Ratcliffe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 29 December 2000 |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Hammer: 73.63m (Austin, 2023) NR |
Stephanie Ratcliffe (born 29 December 2000) is an Australian hammer thrower. She won the Australian Athletics Championships in 2026, having previously won the 2023 and 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit]From Melbourne, she started athletics when she was five years-old. She attended Doncaster Secondary College. In 2019 she won the Australian U20 hammer throw title. Later that year, she began a scholarship at Harvard University. However, she returned to Australia at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and studied remotely for 18 months.[3][4] She graduated with a neuroscience degree from Harvard in 2024. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of six years-old.[5]
Career
[edit]She represented Australia in senior competition at the Oceania Athletics Championships in 2019 and 2022.[6]
She set an Australian national record in the hammer throw in May 2023 at the East Regional Conference Final with a collegiate-leading mark of 73.11 metres, breaking the Australian record of Bronwyn Eagles set in 2003 by two metres.[7][8] She won the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor title in Austin, Texas in June 2023 with a new national record of 73.63 metres.[9] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[10]
After transferring to the University of Georgia, she was runner-up at the SEC Championships in May 2024.[11] She competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12][13]
She threw 71.37 metres to win the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025, competing for the University of Georgia.[14][15]
In September 2025, she competed in the hammer throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[16][17]
On 10 April, she won the hammer throw at the 2026 Australian Championships, with a best of 67.71 m to take the title.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "RATCLIFFE Stephanie". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Stephanie Ratcliffe". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Stephanie Ratcliffe". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Hammer throwing star looks to national titles after state success". Herald Sun. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "From Doncaster to Paris, Stephanie's our golden girl". diabetesvic.org.au. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ^ Gates, Zachary (29 May 2023). "How 'geed up' Aussie Harvard student broke national record". Nine.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Dave (July 2023). "NCAA Women's Hammer — Ratcliffe Calm Amid Sturm & Drang". Track and Field News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "RATCLIFFE SHATTERS AUSTRALIAN RECORD IN HAMMER THROW". Sportforall. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Stephanie Ratcliffe Wins Women's Hammer, Gives Harvard Sweep At NCAA Champs". Flotrack. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "STEPHANIE RATCLIFFE 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW - SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Runnerspace. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's Hammer Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Women's DI Track and Field Championships 2025 Results & Scores". Flotrack. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Georgia women take the team lead at the outdoor track and field championships". abcnews. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Stephanie Ratcliffe at Australian Athletics
- Stephanie Ratcliffe at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Stephanie Ratcliffe at Olympics.com
- Stephanie Ratcliffe at InterSportStats
- Stephanie Ratcliffe on Instagram
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian women hammer throwers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Athletes from Melbourne
- Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes
- Harvard Crimson women's track and field athletes
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- People with type 1 diabetes