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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1963 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Enfield & Haringey Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Lynda Ruth Whiteley (married name Wright) (born 7 April 1963) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Whiteley was a two times National champion after winning the 1983 and 1984 AAA National Championships in the discus. [1]
She represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3]
Glen Ernest Smith is a male retired English discus thrower.
Robert 'Bob' Boyd Weir is a male retired English athlete, best known as a discus thrower, who was a twelve-time national champion. Weir also achieved success in hammer throw, winning Commonwealth Games gold in 1982, and competed in strongman competitions.
Abagi 'Abi' Bienose Ekoku is a former track and field athlete in both discus and shot put, as well as a former professional rugby league footballer.
Michael 'Mike' Archer Winch is a male retired British shot putter.
Richard Charles Slaney is a male British discus thrower who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat winner of the Britain's Strongest Man title.
Peter Arthur Tancred is a male former athlete, and professional strongman from England.
Roy Anselm Hollingsworth is a former international athlete.
Paul Stuart Mardle is a male former discus thrower.
Jade Louise Lally is a British track and field athlete. She won a bronze medal for England in the women's discus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her personal best is 65.10m set at the New South Wales Open Championships (AUS) on 27 February 2016.
Simon Alexander Williams is a male British former shot putter and discus thrower. He was the gold medallist in the shot put at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He also represented Great Britain in the discus at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Mereoni Vibose was a Fijian female track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw and javelin throw. She won nine South Pacific Games medals from 1969 to 1991 and set the Fijian record for javelin and discus at the National Athletics Championships. Vibose was inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. She represented her country internationally at the World Championships in Athletics and at the Commonwealth Games.
The 1982 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran. It was the second time the event was held in the Welsh town, following on from the 1977 UK Athletics Championships. The women's 5000 metres race walk was dropped from the programme for this championship.
Lesley Karen Mallin married name Lesley Bryant, is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Janette Picton, is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Julia Mary Avis is a female former track and field athlete who competed for England in the discus throw.
Kathryn Olwen Farr is a former track and field athlete who competed for England in the discus throw.
Karen Lavinia Pugh, is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Graham Charles Savory, is a male former athlete who competed for England.
Kevin Dave Brown is a former discus athlete who competed for England and Jamaica.
Lee Newman is a Welsh male athlete who competes in the shot put and discus events. He has personal best distances of 18.85 metres and 60.48 metres respectively in these events. Newman was National Record Holder in the Discus for more than a decade.
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