Hollie Arnold

Hollie Arnold

Athlete Information

  • Region

    Grimsby

  • Date of Birth

    25/06/1994

  • Classification

    F46 Javelin

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Bio

In 2008, Hollie Arnold made her Paralympic debut at the age of 14 – the youngest member of ParalympicsGB’s team – and went on to finish an impressive 11th in Beijing.

Arnold went on to win bronze at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships before a fifth-place finish at London 2012.

However less than a year later she climbed to the top of the podium with F46 javelin gold at the Lyon 2013 World Championships.

Arnold’s dominance continued with three more consecutive world titles in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

At Rio 2016 Arnold became Paralympic champion, breaking the world record.

2018 proved another successful year for Arnold as she claimed European gold and also threw a world record on her way to Commonwealth Games gold, her first major medal for Wales.

Arnold was appointed an MBE in the 2017 New Year Honours.

In 2020 she became the first Paralympian to appear on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Arnold was unable to defend her Paralympic title at Tokyo 2020, losing out to her great rival Holly Robinson of New Zealand. Arnold clinched bronze.

In 2023, she rectified that result after Arnold successfully defended her World Championship title in Paris by edging out Serbia’s Saska Sokolov with a season’s best throw of 41.06 metres.

Major Results

2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan

  • F46 javelin: bronze

2016 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

**2023 World Para Athletics World Championships, Paris, France **

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2019 World Para Athletics World Championships, Dubai, UAE

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2017 IPC Athletics World Championships, London, UK

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha, Qatar

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2018 IPC Athletics European Championships, Berlin, Germany

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

2012 IPC Athletics European Championships, Stadskanaal

  • F46 Javelin - Silver

2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia

  • F46 Javelin - Gold

Hollie Arnold competing in her second Paralympics

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