Mackenzie Little

Mackenzie Little

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 27)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Javelin throw: 64.27 m (2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Australia World Championships 2023 Budapest Javelin throw Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Javelin throw

Mackenzie Little (born 22 December 1996 in Rochester, Victoria) is an Australian javelin thrower. She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and came second in her Women's javelin throw qualification with a throw of 62.37m. Little could not match this distance in the final and came eighth with a distance of 59.96m, 6.38m less than the winner Liu Shiying of China.^[1]

Early years

Mackenzie Little joined the Northern Suburbs Little Athletics as an Under-6. She loved playing many sports including soccer, softball, water polo and hockey. In Year 7 at Pymble Ladies College, she has her first javelin training session. This was only because her hurdles competition was cancelled.^[2]

Whilst a teenager, Little competed in the javelin and also 400m hurdles and heptathlon at a national level. At the age of 15 years old she was already throwing over 50 metres. In 2013 Little competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Ukraine.^[3] She won gold adding five metres to her personal best. In 2014 at 17 years of age she threw 57.60m,^[2] In 2023, Dr. Mackenzie Little graduated from University of Sydney Sydney Medical School. In 2019, Little graduated from Stanford University.

NCAA

Little won 2 NCAA Javelin titles, 4 Pac-12 Conference titles, and is a 4-time All-American.

Representing Stanford University
Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Distance
2019	NCAA Division I Championships	Austin, Texas	1st	Javelin throw	59.44 m (195 ft 0 in)
	Pac-12 Conference Championships	Tucson, Arizona	1st	Javelin throw	59.13 m (193 ft 11 in)
2018	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	Javelin throw	60.36 m (198 ft 0 in)
	Pac-12 Conference Championships	Stanford, California	1st	Javelin throw	54.88 m (180 ft 0 in)
2017	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon	4th	Javelin throw	55.32 m (181 ft 5 in)
	Pac-12 Conference Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	Javelin throw	53.02 m (173 ft 11 in)
2016	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon	7th	Javelin throw	53.65 m (176 ft 0 in)
	Pac-12 Conference Championships	Seattle, Washington	1st	Javelin throw	53.71 m (176 ft 2 in)

Achievements

Little graduated in 2019 from Stanford University where she had studied a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. During her time at the university she won two NCAA javelin titles and improved her best to 60.36m.

Back in Australia in 2019, Little commenced medicine at Sydney University and also made an excellent start to her 2020/21 season throwing a personal best of 61.42m and became the sixth-best in Australian history.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Distance	Notes
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	8th	Javelin throw	59.96 m	[4]
2022	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon	5th	Javelin throw	63.22 m
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham	2nd	Javelin throw	64.27 m	PB
2023	World Championships	Budapest	3rd	Javelin throw	63.38 m

References

External links

• Mackenzie Little at World Athletics
• Mackenzie Little at Australian Athletics Historical Results
• Mackenzie Little at Olympedia
• Mackenzie Little at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Mackenzie Little – Javelin – Senior – Pymble Ladies College – Hometown Sydney, NSW, Australia – Major Human biology Stanford Cardinal
• Mackenzie Little – Stanford University Cardinal results