Janine Whitlock
English pole vaulter
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Nationality | English |
Born | (1973-08-11) 11 August 1973 (age 51) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
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Sport | Athletics |
Club | Trafford AC |
Janine Whitlock (born 11 August 1973) is an English pole vaulter.
Athletics career
She represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1][2][3] Two years later she represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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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
External links
- Janine Whitlock at World Athletics
References
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Sporting Heroes: Yelena Isinbayeva
- ^ 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.
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UK Athletics Championships winners in women's pole vault
- 1993: Kate Staples
- 1997: Janine Whitlock