Janet Honour
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 1 September 1950 Hammersmith, London |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | pentathlon |
| Club | Woking AC |
Janet Lee Honour née Janet Oldall (born 1950), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Oldall became the national pentathlon champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1967 WAAA Championships.[1][2]
After finishing second behind Mary Peters at the 1970 WAAA Championships, she represented England at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, finishing sixth in the high jump.[3]
Oldall married George Honour in late 1970 and competed under her married name thereafter,[4] which started with her regaining the national pentathlon title at the 1971 WAAA Championships.[5]
Three years later she represented England in the 100 metres hurdles and pentathlon events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Board may forgive Anne". Sunday Express. 2 July 1967. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Edinburgh 1970 Team". Team England. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1950 births
- English female high jumpers
- British female high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- English female hurdlers
- British female hurdlers
- British pentathletes
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- People from Hammersmith
- Athletes from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- 20th-century English sportswomen