Tracy Axten

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Tracy Axten
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1963-07-20) 20 July 1963 (age 61)
Portsmouth, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventdiscus throw
Club Borough of Hounslow AC

Tracy Axten (born 20 July 1963) is a female English retired discus thrower. [1]

Biography

Axten finished third behind Jackie McKernan in the discus throw event at the 1992 AAA Championships [2] and improved to second place in 1993 [3] before another third place in 1997. [4] [5]

Axten represented England in the discus event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [6] [7] [8]

Her personal best throw was 58.18 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Cardiff. This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles, Shelley Newman, Jackie McKernan and Debbie Callaway. [9] She was also the 1993 British champion.

References

  1. ↑ 1998 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
  2. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Panasonic AAA Championships" . Sports Argus. 17 July 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Athletics" . Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  9. ↑ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
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