Janette Picton
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 4 March 1963 Eton, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | discus |
| Club | Bracknell Athletics Club |
Janette Picton (born 4 March 1963), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Picton became the British discus throw champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1982 WAAA Championships.[1][2]
Picton represented England in the discus, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[3]
Picton won a second discus AAA title at the 1989 AAA Championships[4] and the following year represented England in the discus event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6]
After she retired from the discus event she took up marathon running in 1993 and finished in 32nd place during the 1994 London Marathon.
References
[edit]- ^ "It's agony for Sonia". Sunday Express. 1 August 1982. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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- 1963 births
- English female discus throwers
- British female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Sportspeople from Eton, Berkshire
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- English athletics biography stubs