Janette Picton

Janette Picton

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	4 March 1963 Eton, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	discus
Club	Bracknell Athletics Club

Janette Picton (born 4 March 1963), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Picton became the British discus throw champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1982 WAAA Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Picton represented England in the discus, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. ^[3]

Picton won a second discus AAA title at the 1989 AAA Championships ^[4] and the following year represented England in the discus event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. ^{[5] [6]}

After she retired from the discus event she took up marathon running in 1993 and finished in 32nd place during the 1994 London Marathon.

References

1. "It's agony for Sonia" . Sunday Express. 1 August 1982. Retrieved 15 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
3. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
4. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
5. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.