WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Javelin

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WAAA Championships

Two-hand aggregate, 800g javelin
1923Sophie Eliott-Lynn35.76E. Willis31.08Sylvia Stone30.53
1924Sophie Eliott-Lynn52.78 NRIvy Wilson38.52Beatrice Manton37.86
1925Ivy Wilson47.73Sophie Eliott-Lynn40.42Louise Fawcett39.84
1926Louise Fawcett49.18Ivy Wilson37.90Sylvia Stone37.84
1927E. Willis41.35L. Hoare-Nairne39.95Louise Fawcett39.76
Single hand, 600g javelin
⚥ - later identified as a man
1928Kinue Hitomi JPN35.97Mary Weston ⚥29.70 (NR)Louise Fawcett25.55
1929Mary Weston ⚥25.91Louise Fawcett24.18Ivy Hughes20.98
1930Leni Rombout NED32.44Nellie Purvey28.45Agnes Donnelly26.67
1931Louise Fawcett29.26Edith Halstead ⚥27.20Maud Scorah26.22
1932Edith Halstead ⚥32.85Erna Löw AUT32.72Ruby Davis28.49
1933Gien de Kock NED36.11Edith Halstead ⚥35.22 (NR)Erna Löw AUT33.36
1934Edith Halstead ⚥34.28Gladys Lunn31.53Louise Fawcett31.05
1935Ruth Caro GER/ARG34.52Gladys Lunn32.00Edith Halstead ⚥31.59
1936Katharine Connal35.99 NRRuth Caro GER/ARG33.48Gladys Lunn32.88
1937Gladys Lunn32.98Dorothy Hewitt31.91Edith Halstead ⚥31.39
1938Katharine Connal34.69Bevis Reid30.92Dorothy Hewitt30.64
1939Katharine Connal34.98Bevis Reid33.65Doris Endruweit27.83
1940-1944 Championships not held
1945Gladys Clarke31.72Katharine Connal30.10M. Bruce24.10
1946Margaret Lasbrey RHO34.44Doris Endruweit26.37Vera Wheeler23.64
1947Milena Taiblová TCH31.50Margaret Lasbrey RHO29.64Dora Chandler (Endruweit)28.75
1948Bevis Reid31.10Marian Long31.00Gladys Clarke30.63
1949Ellen Allen31.62Gladys Clarke30.27Bevis Reid29.40
1950Diane Coates39.06Gladys Clarke31.50Chreena MacDonald31.22
1951Diane Coates38.03Ann Dukes33.42Chreena MacDonald32.38
1952Diane Coates45.30 NRAnn Dukes33.04Muriel Hosking32.87
1953Anne Collins36.56Joy Evans35.99Jean Elliott35.36
1954Ann Dukes39.55Anne Collins38.20Jacqueline Ogden36.27
1955Diane Coates41.78Anne Collins40.62Jacqueline Ogden38.36
1956Diane Orphall40.82Monica Podmore40.62Averil Williams39.61
1957Averil Williams40.23Mary Tadd38.27Margaret Callender37.42
1958Averil Williams43.49Mary Tadd42.72Sue Platt41.33
1959Sue Platt49.04Averil Williams48.02Mary Tadd42.37
1960Sue Platt50.83Averil Williams45.17Monica Podmore43.58
1961Sue Platt47.88Rosemary Morgan43.25Monica Podmore41.90
1962Sue Platt50.72Rosemary Morgan47.98Barbara Nicholls45.46
1963Anneliese Gerhards FRG50.31 Hiroko Sato JPN47.78Rosemary Morgan46.19
1964Anneliese Gerhards FRG51.82 Sue Platt49.26Oddrun Lange NOR45.46
1965Ameli Koloska FRG53.16Averil Williams43.09Mary Brown42.51
1966Sue Platt45.18Barbara Nicholls44.40 Margaret Whitbread (Callender)44.20
1967Sue Platt49.16Rosemary Morgan46.92Teresa Louw RSA41.60
1968Sue Platt53.26Anne Farquhar47.80Pru French44.86
1969Sue Platt49.34Shara Spragg48.58Averil Williams46.82
1970Ameli Koloska FRG54.14Angela King46.68Anne Farquhar46.18
1971Ingelise Fallo NOR47.68Janet Baker46.18Sharon Corbett45.34
1972Pru French51.00Angela King46.54Sharon Corbett45.28
1973Sharon Corbett53.88Jean Randall48.10Anne Goodlad47.50
1974Eva Janko AUT61.56Sharon Corbett51.98Tessa Sanderson51.18
1975Tessa Sanderson54.40Sharon Corbett48.82Janeen King47.18
1976Tessa Sanderson56.98Sharon Avann (Corbett)49.24Yvonne Fountain47.60
1977Tessa Sanderson59.96Sandra O'Toole48.98Yvonne Gregory48.02
1978Anne Farquhar49.20Jeanette Rose48.30Fatima Whitbread47.54
1979Tessa Sanderson61.82Fatima Whitbread56.66Jackie Zaslona50.74
1980Tessa Sanderson64.08Fatima Whitbread56.24Jeanette Rose53.74
1981Fatima Whitbread57.74Jeanette Rose54.50Sharon Gibson51.44
1982Fatima Whitbread63.00Sharon Gibson58.68Jeanette Rose54.88
1983Fatima Whitbread65.24Emi Matsui JPN55.88Sharon Gibson53.60
1984Fatima Whitbread65.76Sharon Gibson60.58Diane Royle59.92
1985Tessa Sanderson66.38Diane Royle61.86Anna Lockton52.38
1986Fatima Whitbread69.02Anna Lockton55.00Karen Hough51.98
1987Fatima Whitbread72.96Sharon Gibson57.60Julie Abel55.36
1988Sharon Gibson57.32Julie Abel55.00Shona Urqhuart51.46
1989Tessa Sanderson58.64Caroline White52.88Mandy Liverton52.80
1990Tessa Sanderson58.42Sharon Gibson52.94Caroline White52.70
1991Sharon Gibson57.34Kaye Nordstrom NZL54.16Caroline White53.46
AAA Championships
1992Tessa Sanderson63.26Sue Howland AUS59.78Louise McPaul AUS57.84
1993Shelley Holroyd60.10Sharon Gibson59.58Mandy Liverton53.22
1994Shelley Holroyd57.08Sharon Gibson56.90Karen Costello54.50
1995Lorna Jackson55.48Sharon Gibson55.14Karen Martin54.96
1996Tessa Sanderson62.88Shelley Holroyd60.12Lorna Jackson58.20
1997BAFTessa Sanderson58.30Shelley Holroyd55.20Karen Martin54.66
1997AAAKaren Martin50.38Lucy Stevenson47.84Lorna Jackson46.26
1998Lorna Jackson57.89Shelley Holroyd54.16Karen Martin53.17
New Javelin
1999Kirsty Morrison55.70Karen Martin55.55Lorna Jackson55.01
2000Kelly Morgan58.45Karen Martin57.75Shelley Holroyd51.96
2001Karen Martin54.82Kelly Morgan54.49Lorna Jackson52.74
2002Kelly Morgan64.87 NRGoldie Sayers56.96Karen Martin56.34
2003Goldie Sayers56.29Chloe Cozens52.34Katy Watts44.95
2004Goldie Sayers60.85Kelly Morgan58.98Shelley Holroyd57.48
2005Goldie Sayers57.99Shelley Holroyd55.14Katy Watts51.22
2006Goldie Sayers58.81Joanna Blair50.48Laura Whittingham50.22
National Championships
2007Goldie Sayers63.02Laura Whittingham52.88Lianne Clarke52.42
2008Goldie Sayers62.62Hayley Thomas48.33Rosie Semenytsh47.01
2009Goldie Sayers55.33Laura Whittingham50.72Katy Watts50.62
2010Goldie Sayers58.60Laura Whittingham55.29Katy Watts51.69
2011Goldie Sayers60.57Katy Watts51.68Lianne Clarke49.77
2012Goldie Sayers58.45Laura Whittingham53.13Izzy Jeffs52.38
2013Rosie Semenytsh49.76Katy Watts48.99Eloise Meakins46.39
2014Goldie Sayers62.75Izzy Jeffs54.53Joanna Blair49.82
2015Izzy Jeffs53.50Freya Jones53.38Laura Whittingham53.26
2016Joanna Blair57.44Goldie Sayers54.98Laura Whittingham52.33
2017Laura Whittingham52.07Emma Hamplett51.02Bethan Rees49.56
N.B. Joanna Blair originally 2nd with 51.31, but later disqualified due to a doping offence
2018Laura Whittingham55.55Emma Hamplett49.54Bethan Rees48.30
2019Laura Whittingham52.39Emma Hamplett51.01Bethan Rees49.19
2020Freya Jones53.12Emma Hamplett51.80Bethany Moule51.27
2021Bekah Walton54.03Freya Jones49.42Emma Hamplett49.07
2022Bekah Walton51.87Emily Dibble51.54Emma Hamplett49.02
2023Bekah Walton58.19Freya Jones53.65Lauren Farley53.18
2024Bekah Walton54.11Freya Jones51.97Sarah-Anne De Kramer47.70

Top Medallists
1st2nd3rdTotal MedalsYearsYear Span
Goldie Sayers112132002-201614
Tessa Sanderson111121974-199723
Sharon Gibson272111981-199514
Sue Platt811101958-196911
Laura Whittingham343102006-201913
Fatima Whitbread62191978-19879
Shelley Holroyd24281993-200512
Averil Williams23271956-196913
Louise Fawcett21471925-19349
Karen Martin12471995-20027
Edith Halstead ⚥22261931-19376
Sharon Corbett/Avann13261971-19765
Emma Hamplett4262017-20225
Katy Watts2462003-201310
Lorna Jackson2351995-20016
Freya Jones1452015-20248
Other top winners and long spans
Diane Coates441950-19555
Bekah Walton442021-20242
Katharine Connal3141936-19459
Bevis Reid12141938-194911
Anne Farquhar11131968-197810
Joanna Blair11132006-201610

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