Louise Fawcett

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Nationality British Role Screenwriter Country United Kingdom Died 1961		Retired yes Books Iran and the cold war Name Louise Fawcett

Sport Javelin throw, discus throw World finals 1926 Women's World Games - silver, javelin Regional finals Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 35Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 33Middlesex County Discus Champion 1931 - 33 Movies High Treason, No Lady, The Night Porter, Alf's Button, Down River, Bracelets Similar People Andrew Hurrell, Yezid Sayigh, Harold Huth, Maurice Elvey, Lupino Lane

Louise fawcett regionalism as a global phenomenon

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).

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Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale Women's World Games: silver at javelin throw

English Championship Javelin Record 1926 & 1931

English Championship Discus Record 1930

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 11 ¹⁄₂in 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 Putt Champion 1934 - 35

Second in Women's Amateur Athletic Association Indoor Shot Putt 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 Putt, Second in Discus

Southern Counties Championships 1936; Record for Javelin (103 ft 5 ³⁄₄in)

Member of the Empire Games Team, London 1934

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