Kelsey-Lee Barber

Barber won gold at the 2019 Oceania Athletics Championships with a personal best and championship record 65.61 m throw. At the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern in July, she won gold and improved on her personal best, throwing 67.70 m. This also moved Barber to second on the Oceanian list behind Mitchell, and into 12th in the overall list. She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships with a 66.56 m throw on the final. Barber moved from 4th place to the Gold medal position on the final throw.

In 2018, she placed second at the National titles behind Kathryn Mitchell. Roberts threw a new personal best of 64.57 m at the Queensland International Track Classic in Brisbane on 28 March. In the 2018 Commonwealth Games Roberts received a silver medal with a 63.89 m throw.

Barber had a break out year in 2017. She produced three consecutive personal bests in competitions in Turku, Lausanne and London. At the World Championships, she qualified automatically for the final and finished 10th. She finished the season with a silver medal at the Diamond League Final in Zurich and another personal best of 64.53 m.

Barber made her international debut at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing third with 62.95 m. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. A back injury in early 2016 disrupted her preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics and she finished 28th in qualifying.

Kelsey-Lee Barber (née Roberts; born 20 September 1991) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won gold at the 2019 World Championships. Her personal best of 67.70 m ranks her 12th in the overall list.

Barber was born Kelsey-Lee Roberts, in East London, South Africa on 20 September 1991. Her family moved to Australia in 2000. She married her coach Mike Barber after the 2018 Commonwealth Games.