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Louise Fawcett

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Louise Fawcett
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born1904
Died1990
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportJavelin throw, discus throw
Retiredyes
Achievements and titles
World finals1926 Women's World Games - silver, javelin
Regional finalsMiddlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 35

Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 33

Middlesex County Discus Champion 1931 - 33
National finalsBritish Javelin Champion 1926 - 31
British Discus Champion 1930

Louise Fawcett (1904−1990) was a British javelin and discus thrower. Fawcett was educated at Hammersmith Technical School and married Leslie Leon Stenning in 1937. As a member of the British Athletic Team she participated in a number of international competitions including the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale second Women's World Games in Sweden (1926), in Brussels (1927), England, Prague, Berlin (1930), Birmingham, London and Barcelona (1936).

Achievements

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  • Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale Women's World Games: silver at javelin throw[1]
  • English Championship Javelin Record 1926 & 1931[2]
  • English Championship Discus Record 1930[2]
  • Middlesex County Javelin Championship 1931 - 33
  • Middlesex County Discus Championship 1931 - 33
  • British Javelin Champion 1926 - 31
  • British Javelin Record Holder 1926 - 30 (103 ft 7in or 49.1744m)
  • British Discus Champion 1930
  • British Discus Record Holder 1930 - 33 (106 ft 1112in or 61.5188m)
  • Middlesex County Javelin Record Holder 1931 - 34
  • Middlesex County Discus Champion 1931 - 35
  • Middlesex County Discus Record Holder 1931 - 35
  • Middlesex County Shot Put Champion 1934 - 35
  • Second in Women's Amateur Athletic Association Indoor Shot Put Championship 1935 - 36
  • Southern Counties Javelin Champion 1932 - 34
  • Southern Counties Javelin Record Holder 1932 - 34
  • Southern Counties Discus Champion 1935
  • Southern Counties Discus Record Holder 1935
  • Middlesex Championships 1936; First in Javelin, First in Shot Put, Second in Discus
  • Southern Counties Championships 1936; Record for Javelin (103 ft 534in)
  • Member of the Empire Games Team, London 1934
A Photograph taken circa 1926 Polytechnic of Central London

References

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  1. ^ "FSFI Women's World Games". GBRAthletics.com. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". GBRAthletics.com. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.