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Fatima Whitbread

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Dr Fatima Whitbread, (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. She is also a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Fatima Whitbread is the 4,641st most popular athlete (down from 3,785th in 2024), the 7,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,108th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fatima Whitbread ranks 4,641 out of 6,025. Before her are Michael Jurack, Yevgeniya Polyakova, Mirela Demireva, Todd Bennett, Kaori Matsumoto, and Mauro Nespoli. After her are Tord Wiksten, Thor Kristensen, Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Anja Rücker, Abraham Kibiwot, and Maialen Chourraut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Fatima Whitbread ranks 1,030. Before her are Tamilisai Soundararajan, Martha Hackett, Will Self, Elizabeth Kolbert, Blair Horn, and Mohnish Bahl. After her are Keith Sweat, Cathy Cavadini, Steve Lundquist, Daniel O'Donnell, John Okafor, and John Putch.

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Fatima Whitbread ranks 162. Before her are Sean Olsson (1967), Kelly Holmes (1970), Steve Backley (1969), Simon Terry (1974), Helen Morgan (1966), and Todd Bennett (1962). After her are Sharon Rendle (1966), Andrew Simpson (1976), Carl Hester (1967), Yvonne Murray (1964), Chijindu Ujah (1994), and Steve Smith (1973).

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