Louise Currey

Australian javelin thrower

Louise Currey (née McPaul; born 24 January 1969 in Port Kembla, New South Wales) is a retired Australian track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she later specialized in the javelin throw. She is married to fellow retired Australian javelin thrower Andrew Currey.

Currey won gold at the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. Her personal best (new javelin) throw of 66.80 metres, achieved in 2000, was the Australian record until bested by Kim Mickle in 2014. Competing at her last competition, the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was knocked out in the qualifying round.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Australia
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	13th	Heptathlon	5013 pts
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	15th (q)	Javelin	47.94 m
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	4th	Javelin	57.60 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	Javelin	62.34 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th	Javelin	56.00 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	Javelin	63.76 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (q)	Javelin	59.30 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	Javelin	65.54 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	Javelin	66.96 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	5th	Javelin	64.38 m^[2]
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	31st (q)	Javelin	53.32 m^[2]

References

^ "Louise Currey". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b New model javelin

Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 October 2007)
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Louise Currey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.