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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[2]
- 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 111⁄2in 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 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 53⁄4in)
- Member of the Empire Games Team, London 1934
References
- ^ "FSFI Women's World Games". GBRAthletics.com. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ a b "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". GBRAthletics.com. 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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