Janette Picton

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Janette Picton
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born4 March 1963
Eton, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventdiscus
ClubBracknell Athletics Club

Janette Picton (born 4 March 1963), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Picton became the British discus throw champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1982 WAAA Championships.[1][2]

Picton represented England in the discus, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[3]

Picton won a second discus AAA title at the 1989 AAA Championships[4] and the following year represented England in the discus event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6]

After she retired from the discus event she took up marathon running in 1993 and finished in 32nd place during the 1994 London Marathon.

References

  1. ^ "It's agony for Sonia". Sunday Express. 1 August 1982. Retrieved 15 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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