Julia Ratcliffe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Julia Ratcliffe

New Zealand hammer thrower

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1993

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand

Profession: hammer thrower

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Julia Susan Ratcliffe (born 14 July 1993) is a New Zealand track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw.
She won the Gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, having won the Silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Ratcliffe attended Waikato Diocesan School for Girls.
In 2017, she graduated from Princeton University, majoring in Economics with a certificate in Political Economy.
While at Princeton she broke the Ivy League record for the indoor 20 lb weight throw in her first competition with the implement.
In her first outdoor competition she broke the Ivy League record in the hammer throw.
In 2014, she was unbeaten in the NCAA, was the NCAA Division 1 Hammer Throw champion and was awarded the USTFCCCA Division 1 Outdoor Field Scholar Athlete of the year.
She currently holds the New Zealand national record in the hammer throw with a distance of 71.39 m set in June 2019.