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Holly RobinsonMNZM

Robinson in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Holly Irene Robinson
Born	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 30) Hokitika, New Zealand
Home town	Dunedin, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	F46
Event	Javelin throw
Club	Athletics Taieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best	45.73 m (2021)
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  New Zealand Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin F46 2020 Tokyo Javelin F46 2024 Paris Shot put F46 World Championships 2013 Lyon Javelin F46 2017 London Javelin F46 2024 Kobe Shot put F46 2015 Doha Javelin F46 Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Javelin F46

Holly Irene Robinson MNZM (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in the javelin throw. She represented New Zealand at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in 2016 and gold in 2020. At the 2016 Games, she was New Zealand's flagbearer for the opening ceremony.

Early life

Robinson was born in Hokitika, on the South Island's West Coast, and is of Ngāi Tahu descent. She has a twin brother, Jonathon, and her father Steve represented the West Coast in Heartland Championship rugby. Robinson has a congenital limb reduction with her left arm ending below the elbow. She attended Westland High School and later Taieri College after moving to Dunedin.

Sporting career

Robinson started competing in para-athletics at age 12. She is classified F46 for field events and T47 for track events and long jump. Robinson's first major international competition was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, achieving a fifth-place ranking in the women's javelin throw F46 and a seventh-place ranking in the women's shot put F42–44/46. She was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the sole female athletics competitor selected. She finished seventh in the women's javelin F46, with a 32.58 m throw. Robinson won her first international competition medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, earning a silver medal with a 34.37 m throw.

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Robinson earned a bronze medal with a 38.18 m throw. At the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships she set a New Zealand national record with a throw of 40.81 m, ranking her number one in the world for the javelin F46 during the Paralympic qualifying period and earning her a slot at the 2016 Paralympics Games. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F46, with a personal best throw of 41.22 m. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Robinson won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw with a personal best throw of 43.32m.

In September 2021 Robinson donated a US$50,000 prize to Ronald McDonald House South Island.

In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, Robinson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics.

Statistics

Personal bests

Javelin throw progression

References

1. "Tokyo Paralympics: Holly Robinson wins gold with clutch final throw". Stuff. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
2. ^ "Paralympics New Zealand name six track and field athletes for Rio". Stuff.co.nz. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
3. "Holly Robinson selected as flag bearer as New Zealand Paralympic Team officially welcomed in Rio". Paralympics New Zealand. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
4. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Javelin silver medal for NZ flagbearer Holly Robinson". Stuff.co.nz. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
5. "Maori Sports Awards: Carrington, Love-Henry in running". Rotorua Daily Post. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
6. ^ McMurran, Alistair (10 March 2012). "Paralympics: Robinson closer to London selection". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
7. "Athletics: Records tumble at Caledonian". Otago Daily Times. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
8. "Classification Master List, Summer Season 2016 – New Zealand". IPC Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
9. "Results – Athletics at the London 2012 Paralympic Games – Women's Javelin F46". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
10. "Results – Women's Javelin Throw F46 Final – 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 6 June 2016.
11. "Results – Women's javelin throw F46 final – Rio 2016 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
12. "Holly Robinson breaks world record, but not enough for Commonwealth Games gold". Stuff. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
13. "Paralympic gold medalist Holly Robinson wins global award for moment of gratitude". Stuff. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
14. "Paralympic gold medalist Holly Robinson donates $71,000 prize to Ronald McDonald House South Island". Stuff. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
15. "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
16. ^ "Holly Robinson – Rankings". Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

External links

• Holly Robinson at Athletics New Zealand
• Holly Robinson at Paralympics New Zealand (archive)
• Holly Robinson at the International Paralympic Committee
• Holly Robinson at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Meet Our Paralympians: Holly Robinson – Attitude Live video profile

• 1994 births
• Living people
• People from Hokitika
• New Zealand twins
• Ngāi Tahu people
• New Zealand Māori sportspeople
• New Zealand female javelin throwers
• Paralympic athletes for New Zealand
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand
• Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand
• Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• People educated at Taieri College
• People educated at Westland High School, Hokitika
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
• Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen