Janine Whitlock (born 11 August 1973) is an English pole vaulter.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Born | 11 August 1973 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Club | Trafford AC |
Athletics career edit
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 edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain and  England
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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 edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "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.