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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 .
Willie Applegarth (1890–1958), track and field athlete; James Arnott, footballer; Dina Asher-Smith (born 1995), fastest British woman; world champion (200m Doha 2019) Graham Atkinson (1943–2017), footballer; Joe Baker (1940–2003), footballer and manager; George Baldry (1911–1987), footballer; Alan Ball (1945–2007), member of the 1966 ...
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.
On 28 July, Meadows set a new outdoor personal best of 1.58.63 at the IAAF Super Grand Prix, Herculis in Monaco. [7] On 19 August, she took the bronze medal in the World Championship 800 m final in a new lifetime best of 1.57.93, becoming the third-fastest British women of all time at the event. [1]
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 This type of record was superseded in 1948 by the British (All-Comers') Record, and then by the United Kingdom (All-Comers') Record in 1960.
She was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century by the Associated Press. ... While gymnastics has become a more popular sport over time, Nadia Comaneci is credited ...
She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, [3] and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Her former world record time of 52.74 secs in 1993 is still the current British record.
She was the first European in both races with the top six places in the 5000m all going to Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes. Her time of 30:53.20 in the 10000m is not only the second fastest ever by a British athlete but also the second fastest time in history by an over 35-year-old behind Kenya's Edith Masai.