Anne Farquhar (born 1948), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Biography

Farquhar finished second behind Sue Platt in the javelin event at the 1968 WAAA Championships. She represented

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and won a silver medal in the javelin, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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, Scotland. Farquhar became the national javelin throw champion after winning the British

WAAA Championships The WAAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) in England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event for women during its lifetime. Since 1880, the Amateur Athl ...

title at the 1978 WAAA Championships.

References

1948 births English female javelin throwers British female javelin throwers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{England-javelinthrow-athletics-bio-stub