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Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; 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.
Dec 19, 2023 · Fatima Whitbread spent the first 14 years of her life in children's homes and went on to break the javelin world record and win world and European Championship gold
Dec 19, 2023 · Former javelin world champion Fatima Whitbread has been honoured with the Helen Rollason Award at Sports Personality of the Year 2023. Whitbread, now 62, spent the first 14 years of her life in...
Fatima Whitbread is a British former javelin thrower who is a two-time Olympic medalist. A former world champion and world record holder, she won the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart and the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
Whitbread became European Junior Champion in 1979 and was chosen for the Moscow Olympics whilst still a teenager. After winning a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games she broke through into the top echelon of throwers at the 1983 World Championships.
Whitbread became European Junior Champion in 1979 and was chosen for the Moscow Olympics whilst still a teenager. After winning a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games she broke through into the top echelon of throwers at the 1983 World Championships.
1 x World Championships Silver medallist. 1 x Olympic Games Bronze medallist. More Honours. Results. Honours. RESULTS IN: Javelin Throw (old) Date. Competition.
Athlete, Olympian, Record Breaker. Fatima Whitbread’s national titles include WAAA Junior Champion (U17) and 6 time WAAA Champion, along with European Junior Champion, medalling at successive Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth Games between 1982 and 1988 and breaking the women’s javelin world record in 1986.
Apr 24, 2023 · One of the stars is Olympic legend Fatima Whitbread, who’ll be joining the likes of Janice Dickinson, Shaun Ryder, Carol Vorderman, and Helen Flanagan in the ITV show, hoping to have a shot at ...
Fatima Whitbread MBE OLY is the first British thrower ever to break a world record, becoming World Champion, World Record Holder, and two-time Olympic medallist in javelin. Despite experiencing many injuries throughout her career, Fatima possesses immense grit and mental courage.
