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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.
Fatima Whitbread (Reino Unido, 3 de marzo de 1961) fue una atleta británica, especializada en la prueba de lanzamiento de jabalina en la que llegó a ser subcampeona mundial en 1983 y campeona en 1987.
19 de dic. de 2023 · 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 world and European Championship gold. This article...
16 de may. de 2024 · 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.
19 de dic. de 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...
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.
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