Fatima Whitbread (born 1961) is a retired British javelin thrower. She
broke the women's javelin throw world record with a throw of 77.44
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??4?in) at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and
also won the European title that year. She took the gold medal at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics and is a two-time Olympic
medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 games and silver at the 1988
games. She was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987. During
her career, she had a well-publicised rivalry with another British
javelin athlete, Tessa Sanderson. Her later career was affected by a
persistent shoulder injury, and in 1992 she retired from competition.
She has since appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a
Celebrity?... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011. Whitbread was named the
Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for
services to athletics.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Whitbread>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1823:
Around 110 boys were killed in a human crush at the Convent of
the Minori Osservanti in Valletta on the last day of the Maltese
Carnival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_tragedy_of_1823>
1840:
La fille du r?giment (audio featured), an op?ra comique by
Gaetano Donizetti, premiered in Paris to highly negative reviews but
later became a success.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment>
1919:
Friedrich Ebert was elected the provisional president of
Germany by the Weimar National Assembly.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert>
2008:
Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of President
Jos? Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusm?o, seriously wounding
the former.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_East_Timorese_assassination_attempts>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Isonade:
(Japanese mythology) A mythological monster that resembles an enormous
shark said to live off the coast of western Japan.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Isonade>
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