Viola Hambidge
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| Born | 15 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hurdles, Sprint, Middle-distance running, Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Viola Hambidge (born 15 July 2006) is an Estonian multi-event athlete. She has won the Estonian Athletics Championships over 400 metres indoors and outdoors, as well as in the 400 metres hurdles outdoors and 800 metres indoors.[1]
Career
From Pärnu, and a member of Pärnu Spordiklubi Altius,[2][3] Hambidge initially competed as a middle-distance runner, and broke the Estonian under-18 record over 800 metres, with a time of 2:14.53. She also broke the Estonian under-16 best in the 1500m steeplechase, with a time of 5:18.00. She won titles at the 2022 U18 Baltic Indoor Championships in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres.[4]
Competing in multi-events, she won the team pentathlon at the 2022 Baltic Championships.[4] Hambidge won the silver medal in the heptathlon behind Switzerland's Lucia Acklin at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[5][6] Hambidge competed for Estonia at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, Poland.[7]
Hambidge won the 400 metres at the 2024 Estonian Athletics Championships in 54.08 seconds in Tallinn in June 2024, also winning the national 400 metres hurdles title at the same championships in 58.52 seconds.[8][9] Hambidge was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[10]
Hambidge competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, and qualified fastest for the final before winning the bronze medal in a national U20 record of 56.71 in the final.[11][12] Hambidge broke the Estonian U20 and U23 records twice in the competition.[13] The following month, Hambidge retained her national 400 metres title at the 2025 Estonian Athletics Championships in August.[14]
Hambridge won the 400 metres at the Estonian Indoor Championships in February 2026, running 54.99 seconds in Tallinn.[15] She also won the 800 metres at the championships, running 2:11.41.[16]
References
- ^ "Viola Hambidge". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Powerful: Viola Hambidge, who broke the Estonian record twice, won a bronze medal at the European Championships". Postimees.ee. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "A POWERFUL BRONZE! Viola Hambidge brings an European Championship medal to Estonia. "I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has contributed to me!"". ohtuleht.ee. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ a b "EYOF STARS #5 – VIOLA HAMBIDGE". eyof2022.com. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "HOME FAVOURITE JAMRICHOVA SHINES BRIGHT ON DAY FIVE AT EYOF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA 2022". eurolympic.org. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Estonia's youth athletes latest to bring home glory". err.ee. 2 August 2022.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Estonia's Viola Hambidge takes home U20 European champs bronze". err.ee. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "So close to the European U20 record! Rada storms to 400m hurdles gold in 48.78". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Athlete of the Month: August 2025 – Viola Hambidge". ekjl.ee. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "Estonian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.