Laura Whittingham

English female athlete

Laura Whittingham (born 6 June 1986) is an English athlete who competes in the javelin. She has a personal best distance of 60.68 metres.[1]

Athletics career

Whittingham competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India just missing a bronze medal by finishing 4th.[2]

She has won three British titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and has reached 3rd place on the British all time rankings with the new specification javelin which was introduced in 1999.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". World Athletics.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games Results". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Athlete Profile". Power of 10.
  4. ^ "All time rankings". Power of 10.
  5. ^ "British Championships". BBC Sport.
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British Athletics Championships women's javelin throw champions
  • 2007–2012: Goldie Sayers
  • 2013: Rosie Semenytsh
  • 2014: Goldie Sayers
  • 2015: Isabelle Jeffs
  • 2016: Joanna Blair
  • 2017–2019: Laura Whittingham
  • 2020: Freya Jones
  • 2021–22: Bekah Walton
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