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Fatima Whitbread

1961 - Today

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Fatima Whitbread, (née Vedad; born 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatima Whitbread has received more than 2,141,838 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fatima Whitbread is the 3,835th most popular athlete (down from 3,302nd in 2019), the 7,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,774th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular British Athlete.

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  • 27

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  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Fatima Whitbread ranks 3,835 out of 6,025. Before her are Balázs Kiss, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Nikolay Pimenov, Joseph Bell, and Francisca Crovetto. After her are Michele Frangilli, Félix Hernández, Nyjah Huston, Ray Armstead, Natalia Kaczmarek, and Tõnu Tõniste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Fatima Whitbread ranks 829. Before her are Ewa Björling, Lui Morais, Kazuyori Mochizuki, Thomas Hoeren, M. M. Keeravani, and Peter Obi. After her are Dinesh D'Souza, Cathy Cavadini, Will Self, Yvonne McGregor, Ramesh Krishnan, and Chanda Kochhar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fatima Whitbread ranks 7,109 out of 8,785. Before her are Simon Quarterman (1977), Dwain Chambers (1978), Emmerson Boyce (1979), Lily Donaldson (1988), Dominic Cummings (1971), and Toby Gard (1972). After her are Liz McClarnon (1981), Peaches Geldof (1989), Jovan Adepo (1988), Grayson Perry (1960), Ricky Walden (1982), and Ann Sophie (1990).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Fatima Whitbread ranks 132. Before her are Martin Cross (1957), Ian Stewart (1949), Carl Hester (1967), Angela Bailey (1962), Michael Jung (null), and Dwain Chambers (1978). After her are Mike McFarlane (1960), Andy Holmes (1959), Matthew Pinsent (1970), Steve Backley (1969), Kelly Holmes (1970), and Stephen Jones (null).

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