Janette Picton

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Janette Picton
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born4 March 1963
Eton, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventdiscus
ClubBracknell 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. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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