Helen Elleker

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Helen Elleker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1956-03-21) 21 March 1956 (age 68)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventracewalking
ClubSheffield
Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

Helen Elleker (born 21 March 1956) is a former female track and field athlete who competed for England in the walking events. [1]

Biography

Elleker finished third behind Canadian Ann Peel in the 5,000m walk event at the 1983 WAAA Championships. [2]

The following year Elleker became the British 10,000 metres walk champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1984 WAAA Championships [3] [4] and would go on to win it again at the 1985 WAAA Championships and the 1986 WAAA Championships, in addition to becoming the 5,000 metres champion in 1986. [5]

Elleker represented England in the 10,000 metres walk event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". IAAF.
  2. ↑ "Athletics" . Sunday Express. 31 July 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Plucky Win for Fatima" . Sunday Express. 17 June 1984. Retrieved 20 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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