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He was a national champion in the women's javelin throw and discus throw in 1929 and won the women's shot put title in 1925, 1928 and 1929. [2] At the 1926 Women's World Games , he finished sixth in the two-handed shot put, where the final result was a sum of two best throws with the right hand and with the left hand. [ 3 ]
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 .
1934 – The 1934 Women's World Games were held in London, in the United Kingdom. 1935 - The first girl to play on a boys varsity high school baseball team was Nellie Twardzik, on April 24, 1935, 1936 – The first professional basketball team for women, the All American Red Heads Team, was formed. It was a barnstorming troupe. [64]
After returning, Sanderson achieved her career-best javelin throw of 73.58 m (241 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) at the Tarmac Games in Edinburgh on 26 June 1983. It was the third-longest throw by a woman at the time, when the record was 74.76 m (245 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) thrown by Tiina Lillak of Finland ten days previously.
She reached the 800 m semi-finals at the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow in a time of 2:03.95; women's 4 × 400 m relay squad finished sixth. The 25-year-old reached the final and placed fifth in the 800 m event at the European Indoor Championships Birmingham 2007 , and went out of the competition in the semi-finals of the 2007 World ...
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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 This type of record was superseded in 1948 by the British (All-Comers') Record, and then by the United Kingdom (All-Comers') Record in 1960.
With her 12 medals, she is considered one of the best females in her sport. Finland's Paavo Nurmi earned the first of 12 medals all the way back in 1920. Paavo Nurmi.