Louise Fawcett Explained

Louise Fawcett
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	1904
Death Date:	1990
Country:	United Kingdom
Sport:	Javelin throw, discus throw
Retired:	yes
Worlds:	1926 Women's World Games - silver, javelin
Regionals:	Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 35 Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 33 Middlesex County Discus Champion 1931 - 33
Nationals:	British Javelin Champion 1926 - 31 British Discus Champion 1930

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).

Achievements

• Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale Women's World Games: silver at javelin throw^[1]
• English Championship Javelin Record 1926 & 1931
• English Championship Discus Record 1930^[2]
• 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 11in 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 Put Champion 1934 - 35
• Second in Women's Amateur Athletic Association Indoor Shot Put 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 Put, Second in Discus
• Southern Counties Championships 1936; Record for Javelin (103 ft 5in)
• Member of the Empire Games Team, London 1934

Notes and References

1. Web site: FSFI Women's World Games . GBRAthletics.com . 2007 . July 20, 2012.
2. Web site: British Athletics Championships 1919-1939 . GBRAthletics.com . 2007 . July 20, 2012.