Hollie Arnold

Hollie Beth Arnold, MBE (born 26 June 1994) is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Although born in Grimsby, she now lives and trains in Loughborough. She represents Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics/Olympics, at the age of 14 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing throwing a personal best. She also threw a personal best in 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She took the gold medal in the F46 javelin in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, also throwing a new world record at the same time. In 2021, at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she took the bronze medal in the same event. In 2018, she became the first ever Javelin thrower in history to hold all four major titles in the same Paralympic/Olympic 4-year cycle: Rio Paralympics and world record 2016, London World Championships and world record 2017, Berlin European Championships and course record 2018 and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and world record 2018. She also holds four consecutive world titles: 2013 Lyon, 2015 Doha, 2017 London, and 2019 Dubai.

Hollie Arnold
MBE
Hollie Arnold with her 2016 Paralympic gold medal
Personal information
Birth nameHollie Beth Arnold
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-06-26) 26 June 1994
Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, England
Sport
Country Great Britain
 Wales
SportPara-athletics
Disability classF46
EventJavelin
ClubBlackheath and Bromley AC
Coached byDavid Turner
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Highest world ranking1st
Personal bestJavelin 44.73m
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
2016 RioJavelin throw – F46
2020 TokyoJavelin throw – F46
World Championships
2013 LyonJavelin throw – F46
2015 DohaJavelin throw – F46
2017 LondonJavelin throw – F46
2019 DubaiJavelin throw – F46
2023 ParisJavelin throw – F46
2011 ChristchurchJavelin throw – F46
European Championships
2018 BerlinJavelin throw – F46
2012 StadskanaalJavelin throw – F46
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastJavelin throw – F46
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