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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Screenwriter

Country
  
United Kingdom

Died
  
1961

Retired
  
yes

Books
  
Iran and the cold war

Name
  
Louise Fawcett


Louise Fawcett

Sport
  
Javelin throw, discus throw

World finals
  
1926 Women's World Games - silver, javelin

Regional finals
  
Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 35 Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 33 Middlesex 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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Achievements

  • 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

    • References

    Louise Fawcett Wikipedia
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