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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:British athletes. It includes athletes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female athletics competitors from the United Kingdom .
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson, MBE (born 9 January 1993) [1] is an English athlete.A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete.In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic and European silver medallist.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] British female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1928, except for 1932. [2] [3] British women have won four medals at the Olympics: the 1928 team all-around bronze; the 2012 uneven bars bronze, which was won by Beth Tweddle; the 2016 floor exercise bronze, won by Amy Tinkler; and the 2021 team all ...
Pages in category "British female sprinters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 257 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
McColgan is part of a strong women's field that includes Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan, who was named World Athletics' female athlete of the year after claiming Olympic marathon gold as well ...
Pages in category "British female long-distance runners" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb Note: Marion Jones was stripped of all her Olympic medals. In 2008 the Russian team of Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, and Yuliya Chermoshanskaya were initially awarded the gold medals. However, the medals were rescinded in 2016 ...
The idea of a "British Record" was instituted by the AAA in 1887 for performance made in the United Kingdom, by athletes from anywhere in the world. This type of record was superseded in 1948 by the British (All-Comers') Record, and then by the United Kingdom (All-Comers') Record in 1960.