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Fatima Whitbread. 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.
Dec 19, 2023 · 19 December 2023. By Katie Falkingham. BBC Sport. Getty Images. 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 ...
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. Once credited to be the best woman javelin thrower in the world, she was named as the BBC Sports Personality of ...
Dec 9, 2023 · Fatima Whitbread grew up to become a javelin world champion and record holder (Photo: supplied and Getty Images) By Aasma Day December 9, 2023 6:00 am (Updated December 10, 2023 12:18 pm )
Born in London to Cypriot parents, Fatima Whitbread endured a disturbed childhood after being abandoned by her mother as a baby and spent her first 14 years in a variety of care homes. She took up the javelin at the age of 11 and was eventually adopted by Margaret Whitbread, a former javelin thrower turned national javelin coach, and her husband.
Mar 2, 2021 · Yet few can match the rags-to-riches rise of Fatima Whitbread. She was born in London on March 3 in 1961, which means she celebrates her 60th birthday on Wednesday this week.
Born in London to Cypriot parents, Fatima Whitbread endured a disturbed childhood after being abandoned by her mother as a baby and spent her first 14 years in a variety of care homes. She took up the javelin at the age of 11 and was eventually adopted by Margaret Whitbread, a former javelin thrower turned national javelin coach, and her husband.
In 1979 Fatima Whitbread became the first British thrower to win a European Junior title and in 1981 she broke into world class, improving from 60.14m to 65.82m. Fatima became British No 1 in 1982. She took silver at the 1983; she had led from her first throw but was beaten by world record holder Tiina Lillak of Finland on the last throw
Fatima Whitbread, is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m 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. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships.
