Janine Whitlock
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 11 August 1973 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | pole vault |
| Club | Trafford AC |
Janine Whitlock (born 11 August 1973) is a former pole vaulter from England who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Whitlock finished second behind Kate Staples in the pole vault event at the 1996 AAA Championships[2] before becoming the British pole vault champion after winning the British AAA Championships titles at the 1997 AAA Championships[3] and the 1997 British Athletics Championships.[4]
After defending her AAA crown in July, she represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September.[5][6][7][8]
Further AAA titles followed in 1999, 2000[9] and 2001 sandwiched by her selection to represent Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[10]
In 2002 Whitlock was found guilty of methandienone doping. The sample was delivered on 16 June 2002 during the English Commonwealth Games trials. She received a suspension from July 2002 to July 2004 and was stripped of her 2002 AAA title.[11]
Her personal best is 4.47 metres, achieved in July 2005 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in the same meet that Yelena Isinbayeva became the first woman to clear 5 metres.[12] The same year Whitlock won her sixth and last AAA title.
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain and  England
| ||||
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 12th | |
| 2000 | Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 20th | |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 9th | |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 9th | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 14th | ||
See also
[edit]External links
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References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics". Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Malaysia 1998 Team". Team England. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Weekend results". The Scotsman. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Rowland, James (27 September 2002). "Whitlock's two-year ban after positive steroid test". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
- ^ Sporting Heroes: Yelena Isinbayeva
- 1973 births
- Living people
- English female pole vaulters
- British female pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Doping cases in athletics
- English sportspeople in doping cases
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- 20th-century English sportswomen