Lynda Whiteley
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1963 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | discus throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Enfield & Haringey Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Lynda Ruth Whiteley (married name Wright) (born 7 April 1963) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Biography r
Whiteley represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[1][2]
Whiteley became the British discus throw champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1983 WAAA Championships[3] and then retained her title at the 1984 WAAA Championships.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletics". Sunday Express. 31 July 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Plucky Win for Fatima". Sunday Express. 17 June 1984. Retrieved 20 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.