Victoria Mitchell (born 25 April 1982) is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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 as a Butler University senior in a time of 19:50.4.
Mitchell won the 2005 NCAA Division I steeplechase national championship, while competing at Butler.
Her first international medal was a silver at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She was the 2007 winner of the Great Ireland Run.Race History . Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 2010-04-25. She represented Australia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Achievements 2005Universiadeİzmir, Turkey 2nd3000 m st.2006World Cross Country ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan33rdShort race34thLong raceCommonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia 4th3000 m st.World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 7th3000 m st.World CupAthens, Greece 4th3000 m st.2007World Cross Country ChampionshipsMombasa, Kenya37thSenior raceWorld Championships in AthleticsOsaka, Japan14th (heats)3000 m st.2008World Cross Country ChampionshipsEdinburgh, Scotland54thSenior raceSummer OlympicsBeijing, China13th (heats)3000 m st.2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (h)3000 m st.2016Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil10th (heats)3000 m st.2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11th (heats)3000 m st.2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia9th3000 m st.
Personal bests One mile - 4:38.05 min (2006) 3000 metres - 8:58.42 min (2006) 3000 metres steeplechase - 9:30.84 min (2006) 5000 metres - 15:36.15 min (2006)
International competition 2002 World Student Cross Ctry Cross Country (6 km) 11/57 11th 20:50 2005 Universiade 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2/15 2nd 9:47.54 2006 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/15 4th 9:34.24 2006 World Cup 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/9 4th 9:36.34 2006 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 34/99 34th 27:12 2006 Short Course XC (4 km) 33/92 33rd 13:36 2007 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase 35/54 Ht3 14th 10:06.61 2007 World Cross Ctry Cross Country 37/94 37th 29:48 2008 Olympic Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 32/51 Ht1 13th 9:47.88 2008 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (7.905 km) 54/99 54th 27:57 2014 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 9/11 Final 9th 9:49.05 2015 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase 26th overall (11th in heat 2) 9:43.73 2015 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 40/83 40th 29:11
2016 Olympic Games 3,000 metres steeplechase 29th overall (10th in heat) 9:39.40
2017 World Championships 3,000 metres steeplechase 33rd overall (11th in heat) 10:00.40
2018 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres steeplechase 9th Overall 10:12.59
National competition 2000 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 2 23:05.0 2000-01 Aust. Junior T & F 2,000 metres Steeplechase 1 6:50.90 2001 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 3 22:20.0 2001-02 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:36.98 2002-03 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:20.60 2003 Aust. U23 Cross Country Cross Country (8 km) 4 (3rd Aust.) 29:48 2005-06 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4 (3rd Aust.) 9:44.06 2007-08 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 3 10:03.35 2010-11 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:10.66 2011-12 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:08.91 2013-14 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 9:42.01 2014-15 Aust. T & F 5,000 metres 4 (2nd Aust.) 15:45.72
References
Victoria Mitchell at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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