Hollie Arnold

Para athletics

Region

Grimsby
Date of Birth

25/06/1994
Classification

F46 Javelin

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 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, the stat or a run of six consecutive golds at the event.

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 but did clinch bronze.

In 2023, she rectified that result after she 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.

The proud Welshwoman became a six-time world champion when she retained the gold medal with a throw of 40.89m in Kobe, Japan earlier this year.

At the Paris 2024 Paralympics Hollie once again claimed the bronze medal in the F46 javelin, repeating her Tokyo achievement in the Stade de France.

Major Results

2024 Paris Paralympic Games, Paris, France

F46 javelin: bronze

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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