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Julia Ratcliffe is a Track and Field athlete who specialises in the Hammer Throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

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She was born and lives in Hamilton

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

and has dual citizenship of New Zealand

New Zealand

and Britain

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. She is currently Head Girl at Waikato Diocesan School For Girls.

Her last international competition was the Youth Olympic Games

New Zealand at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.The New Zealand squad consisted of 54 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics , athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, equestrian, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting...

where she competed bravely with an ankle injury.

International Results

Year	Event	Location	Place
2008	Pacific School Games	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...	1st
2009	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Australian Youth Olympic Festival The Australian Youth Olympics Festival is an international multi-sport event organised by the Australian Olympic Committee. It has been held biennially since its first successful event in 2001.-External links:*...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	1st
2009	IAAF World Youth Championships	Brixen Brixen Brixen is the name of two cities in the Alps:Brixen, South Tyrol, ItalyBrixen im Thale, Tyrol, AustriaBrixen may also refer to:*Bishopric of Brixen, the former north-Italian state....	10th
2010	Youth Olympic Games New Zealand at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics New Zealand participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.The New Zealand squad consisted of 54 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics , athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, equestrian, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting... qualifying competition - Oceania Oceania Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago... region	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	1st
2010	Youth Olympic Games New Zealand at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics New Zealand participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.The New Zealand squad consisted of 54 athletes competing in 16 sports: aquatics , athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, equestrian, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting...	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	11th

Records

Year	Record	Distance
2008	Pacific School Games	46.90m
2008	New Zealand Secondary Schools - Junior Girls	56.02m (3 kg)
2009	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Australian Youth Olympic Festival The Australian Youth Olympics Festival is an international multi-sport event organised by the Australian Olympic Committee. It has been held biennially since its first successful event in 2001.-External links:*...	51.94m
2010	Athletics New Zealand - W16	56.68m
2010	New Zealand Secondary Schools - Senior Girls	57.47m (4 kg)
2010	Oceania - Youth	61.32m
2011	Athletics New Zealand - W17	62.28m
2011	Athletics New Zealand - W18	62.28m
2011	Athletics New Zealand - W19	62.28m
2011	Oceania - Junior	62.28m

Training Personal Bests

Weight	Distance
2 kg	70.83m
3 kg	67.32m
3.5 kg	65.04m
4 kg	62.20m
5 kg	53.04m
6 kg	46.24m
7.26 kg	39.32m

Honours

Year	Honours
2009	Waikato Times Waikato Times The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a circulation to the greater Waikato region.The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872... Secondary Schools Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Winner
2009	NZSSA Track and Field Champs - one of the Junior Athletes of the Meet
2010	Porritt Classic - Thrower of the Meet Runner up
2010	Waikato Times Waikato Times The Waikato Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a circulation to the greater Waikato region.The Waikato Times started out as the tri-weekly Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette, first published on 2 May 1872... Secondary Schools Sportswoman of the Year - Finalist
2010	NZSSA Track and Field Champs - one of the Athletes of the Meet
2011	Porritt Classic - Thrower of the Meet

Other Sports

Julia has played Field Hockey for Waikato Diocesan School For Girls. In 2009 she was the top goal scorer for the 1st XI team with 27 goals. This team has won the Premier Division of the Waikato Secondary Schools league for the last six years. She has also captained Waikato

Waikato

The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...

Hockey representative teams at three different age levels and was a member of the Waikato

Waikato

representative team that won the national under 14 tournament in 2005.

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