Personal information | |
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Born | Hokitika, New Zealand | 10 December 1994
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | F46 |
Event | Javelin throw |
Club | Athletics Taieri |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 45.73 m (2021) |
Medal record |
Holly Irene Robinson MNZM (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in the javelin throw. She represented New Zealand at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in 2016 and gold in 2020. [1] [2] At the 2016 Games, she was New Zealand's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. [3] [4]
Robinson was born in Hokitika, on the South Island's West Coast, and is of Ngāi Tahu descent. [5] She has a twin brother, Jonathon, and her father Steve represented the West Coast in Heartland Championship rugby. Robinson has a congenital limb reduction with her left arm ending below the elbow. [6] She attended Westland High School and later Taieri College after moving to Dunedin. [6] [7]
Robinson started competing in para-athletics at age 12. She is classified F46 for field events and T47 for track events and long jump. [8] Robinson's first major international competition was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, achieving a fifth-place ranking in the women's javelin throw F46 and a seventh-place ranking in the women's shot put F42–44/46. She was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the sole female athletics competitor selected. She finished seventh in the women's javelin F46, with a 32.58 m throw. [9] Robinson won her first international competition medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, earning a silver medal with a 34.37 m throw.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Robinson earned a bronze medal with a 38.18 m throw. [10] At the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships she set a New Zealand national record with a throw of 40.81 m, ranking her number one in the world for the javelin F46 during the Paralympic qualifying period and earning her a slot at the 2016 Paralympics Games. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016. [2]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F46, with a personal best throw of 41.22 m. [4] [11] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw with a personal best throw of 43.32m. [12]
In September 2021 Robinson donated a US$50,000 prize to Ronald McDonald House South Island. [13] [14]
In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, Robinson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics. [15]
Event | Distance | Date | Location | Notes |
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Javelin (F46) | 45.73 m | 6 April 2019 | Sydney, Australia | AR [16] |
Shot put (F46) | 10.84 m | 15 April 2014 | Beijing, China | NR [16] |
Discus (F46) | 34.62 m | 20 February 2016 | Dunedin, New Zealand | NR [16] |
Year | Performance | Competition | Location | Date | World ranking |
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2011 | 30.61 m | Melbourne, Australia | 16 April | 7 | |
2012 | 32.58 m | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 1 September | 7 |
2013 | 34.37 m | IPC Athletics World Championships | Lyon, France | 22 July | 3 |
2014 | 35.58 m | Beijing, China | 16 April | 2 | |
2015 | 38.18 m | IPC Athletics World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31 October | 4 |
2016 | 41.22 m | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September | 2 |
2017 | 42.68 m | Otago Championships | Dunedin, New Zealand | 26 February | |
2018 | 43.32 m | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 8 April | |
2019 | 45.73 m | Australian Championships | Sydney, Australia | 6 April | |
2020 | 40.64 m | Dunedin, New Zealand | 25 January | ||
2021 | 44.26 m | New Zealand Championships | Hastings, New Zealand | 27 March |
Personal information | |
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Born | Hokitika, New Zealand | 10 December 1994
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | F46 |
Event | Javelin throw |
Club | Athletics Taieri |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 45.73 m (2021) |
Medal record |
Holly Irene Robinson MNZM (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in the javelin throw. She represented New Zealand at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in 2016 and gold in 2020. [1] [2] At the 2016 Games, she was New Zealand's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. [3] [4]
Robinson was born in Hokitika, on the South Island's West Coast, and is of Ngāi Tahu descent. [5] She has a twin brother, Jonathon, and her father Steve represented the West Coast in Heartland Championship rugby. Robinson has a congenital limb reduction with her left arm ending below the elbow. [6] She attended Westland High School and later Taieri College after moving to Dunedin. [6] [7]
Robinson started competing in para-athletics at age 12. She is classified F46 for field events and T47 for track events and long jump. [8] Robinson's first major international competition was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, achieving a fifth-place ranking in the women's javelin throw F46 and a seventh-place ranking in the women's shot put F42–44/46. She was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the sole female athletics competitor selected. She finished seventh in the women's javelin F46, with a 32.58 m throw. [9] Robinson won her first international competition medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, earning a silver medal with a 34.37 m throw.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Robinson earned a bronze medal with a 38.18 m throw. [10] At the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships she set a New Zealand national record with a throw of 40.81 m, ranking her number one in the world for the javelin F46 during the Paralympic qualifying period and earning her a slot at the 2016 Paralympics Games. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016. [2]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F46, with a personal best throw of 41.22 m. [4] [11] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw with a personal best throw of 43.32m. [12]
In September 2021 Robinson donated a US$50,000 prize to Ronald McDonald House South Island. [13] [14]
In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, Robinson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics. [15]
Event | Distance | Date | Location | Notes |
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Javelin (F46) | 45.73 m | 6 April 2019 | Sydney, Australia | AR [16] |
Shot put (F46) | 10.84 m | 15 April 2014 | Beijing, China | NR [16] |
Discus (F46) | 34.62 m | 20 February 2016 | Dunedin, New Zealand | NR [16] |
Year | Performance | Competition | Location | Date | World ranking |
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2011 | 30.61 m | Melbourne, Australia | 16 April | 7 | |
2012 | 32.58 m | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 1 September | 7 |
2013 | 34.37 m | IPC Athletics World Championships | Lyon, France | 22 July | 3 |
2014 | 35.58 m | Beijing, China | 16 April | 2 | |
2015 | 38.18 m | IPC Athletics World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31 October | 4 |
2016 | 41.22 m | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September | 2 |
2017 | 42.68 m | Otago Championships | Dunedin, New Zealand | 26 February | |
2018 | 43.32 m | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 8 April | |
2019 | 45.73 m | Australian Championships | Sydney, Australia | 6 April | |
2020 | 40.64 m | Dunedin, New Zealand | 25 January | ||
2021 | 44.26 m | New Zealand Championships | Hastings, New Zealand | 27 March |