Sharon Corbett
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1953 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | javelin | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Solihull and Small Heath AC | ||||||||||||||
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Sharon Corbett (married name Sharon Avann) (born 24 June 1953), is a former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Corbett twice finished third in the javelin event at the WAAA Championships; behind Inger Fallo at the 1971 WAAA Championships[1] and behind Pru French at the 1972 WAAA Championships.[2] She finally became the British javelin champion at the 1973 WAAA Championships.[3]
Corbett represented England and won a bronze medal in the javelin event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[4][5][6]
Corbett finished behind Tessa Sanderson at the WAA Championships in both 1975 and 1976; the second of which she competed under her married name Avann.[7] She had married John Avann in late 1975.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's AAA Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 18 July 1971. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Women's AAA Champions". Sunday Mirror. 9 July 1972. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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