Hollie Arnold is a British parasport athlete who competes in category F46 javelin. Born on 26 June 1994 without her right forearm, she was born in Grimsby, grew up in Holton-le-Clay in Lincolnshire, now lives and trains in Loughborough and represents Wales at the Commonwealth Games. At fourteen she was the youngest field athlete ever to compete at the Paralympics, at Beijing in 2008. She won gold in the F46 javelin at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with a world record throw and took bronze in the same event at Tokyo in 2021. In 2018 she became the first para javelin thrower to hold all four major titles within one Paralympic cycle.
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Hollie Beth Arnold (born 26 June 1994) is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin.
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Although born in Grimsby, she now lives and trains in Loughborough.
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Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics, at the age of 14 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, under the guidance of Olympic Javelin Thrower
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She took the gold medal in the F46 javelin in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, also throwing a new world record at the same time.
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Hollie Beth Arnold (born 26 June 1994) is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin.
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