Hollie Arnold

Hollie Beth Arnold, MBE is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the ParalympicsOlympics, at the age of 14. She took the gold medal in the F46 Javelin in the 2016 Summer Paralympic at Rio. In April 2018, Arnold won the world gold medal with a throw of 44 metres at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

About Hollie Arnold in brief

Summary Hollie ArnoldHollie Beth Arnold, MBE is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the ParalympicsOlympics, at the age of 14. She took the gold medal in the F46 Javelin in the 2016 Summer Paralympic at Rio, also throwing a new world record at the same time. In April 2018, Arnold won the world gold medal with a throw of 44 metres at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

In November 2020, Arnold took part in the twentieth series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! where she was the first contestant voted off the show. Arnold is an ambassador for two charities: Caudwell Children and St. Andrews Hospice, in Grimsby. She was born in Lincolnshire in 1994, growing up in Holton-le-Clay.