# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sophie-hitchon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:53:42.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sophie-hitchon"
name: "Sophie Hitchon"
slug: "sophie-hitchon"
description: "Sophie Hitchon is a retired British hammer thrower. She is the British record-holder with a throw of 74.54 metres, set when winning the Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games, Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal in the event. She also reached the hammer final at the 2012 London Olympics, and is the 2010 World Junior Champion, the 2013 European U23 Champion, and the 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist."
tagline: "British hammer thrower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SophieHitchonJORio2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1991-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             3.671550829875519
  historical:           15.27649466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sophiehitchon"
    handle:    "sophiehitchon"
sources:
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    title: "索菲·希彻恩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Hitchon"
    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Hitchon"
    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Hitchon"
    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Hitchon"
    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ソフィー・ヒチョン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sophie Hitchon"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump