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Pages in category "British female javelin throwers" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The British javelin champions covers three competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, [1] the preceding AAA Championships (1914-2006) and the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. [2]
It includes British female javelin throwers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "English female javelin throwers" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers (born 16 July 1982) is a British former javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk , England. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new British record in the javelin at 65.05 m (213 ft 5 in), thus becoming the first British woman to throw over 65 metres since ...
Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3 ⁄ 4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event.
In 2018, she became the first ever Para Javelin thrower in history to hold all four major titles in the same Paralympic 4-year cycle: Rio Paralympics and world record 2016, London World Championships and world record 2017, Berlin European Championships and course record 2018 and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and world record 2018.
British female javelin throwers (3 C, 39 P) British male javelin throwers (3 C, 55 P) This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 18:07 (UTC). Text is ...
There were a few surprises in the javelin. Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber barely made the final. Her final throw of the preliminary round getting the 12th spot. Later, her third throw in the finals barely reached 8th place and she wouldn't get any further luck. Veteran Flor Ruiz's season best was 61.83m, dating back to March. Her personal ...