Evelyn Bliss
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| Born | 14 June 2005 Rimersburg, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 60.81 m (Bochum, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Evelyn Bliss (born 14 June 2005) is an American javelin thrower. She won the 2025 USA Championships and a silver medal at the 2025 University Games, and a bronze medal at the 2024 World Junior Championships.[1]
Early life
From Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Union High School in 2023 before attending Bucknell University.[2][3]
Career
In May 2023, she threw personal beats on consecutive weeks and won the Pennsylvania age-group championships with a meet record, and moved to third on the state all-time list.[4] In July 2023, she won the American under-20 championships in Eugene, Oregon with a throw of 51.79 metres.[5][6] In August 2023, she won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2023 Pan American U20 Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, with a throw of 52.73 metres.[7]
Bliss won the javelin throw at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships in 2024.[8] She went on to have a sixth place finish at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024 with a personal best 55.82 metres, despite being the youngest competitor in the field.[9] She won the bronze medal in the javelin at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, with a throw of 54.01 metres.[10]
She placed twelfth at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, an improvement of one place on her thirteenth place finish the year before, becoming the second two-time All-American for Bucknell University.[11] She threw a personal best 60.81 metres to qualify for the final of the javelin throw at the 2025 Summer World University Games, before winning the silver medal in the final with a throw of 57.37 metres.[12] Her throw in the preliminary round moved her to tenth on the American all-time list.[13]
She threw 57.77 metres to win the javelin throw at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon for her first senior national title.[14] She was named in the United States squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships, winning the gold medal with a throw of 58.62 metres to finish ahead of compatriot Madison Wiltrout and Rhema Otabor of the Bahamas.[15]
References
- ^ "Evelyn Bliss". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "WHAT'S NEXT FOR BLISS?: After Finishing 12th in the Javelin at the NCAA Nationals, Union Grad Evie Bliss Has Two More Big Meets Coming Up". exploreClarion. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Evelyn Bliss 2nd Place Women's Javelin Throw - Pan American U20 Athletics Championships 2023". Runnerspace. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Davern, John (28 May 2023). "Bliss Launches 170 Footer, Sets Javelin Record & US No. 2". Mile Split. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Ekpone, Olivia (9 July 2023). "Evelyn Bliss Wins USA U20 Javelin Title". Mile Split. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "USA U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Pan American U20 Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Dursee, Charlotte (6 September 2024). "Athlete of the Week: Evelyn Bliss '27". Bucknellian.net. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Bucknell's Bliss finishes 6th at Olympic Trials in Oregon in javelin competition". Sungazette. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". worldathletics.org. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Evelyn Bliss Repeats as All-American in Javelin". Patriot League. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Evelyn Bliss Wins Silver at the 2025 FISU World University Games". Patriot League. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Hof-Mahoney, Paul (30 July 2025). "USATF Outdoor Championships: Event-By-Event Throws & Heptathlon Preview". Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Women's Javelin Throw Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.