Tracy Axten
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 20 July 1963 Portsmouth, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | discus throw |
| Club | Borough of Hounslow AC |
Tracy Axten (born 20 July 1963) is a female English retired discus thrower.[1]
Biography
[edit]Axten finished third behind Jackie McKernan in the discus throw event at the 1992 AAA Championships[2] and improved to second place in 1993[3] before another third place in 1997.[4][5]
Axten represented England in the discus event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6][7][8]
Her personal best throw was 58.18 metres, achieved in May 1997 in Cardiff. This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles, Shelley Newman, Jackie McKernan and Debbie Callaway.[9] She was also the 1993 British champion.
References
[edit]- ^ 1998 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Panasonic AAA Championships". Sports Argus. 17 July 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics". Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
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