Eden Cherrelle Francis (born 19 October 1988 in Leicester) is an English female athlete who competes in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

and discus. She has personal best distances of 17.24 metres and 59.78 metres respectively in these events.

Athletics career

Francis competed in both events at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

in Glasgow, Scotland finishing 6th in the shot put and 7th in the discus. She was the first British (male or female) athlete to win the discus event at the

European Athletics U23 Championships The European Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial Sport of athletics, athletics competition for European athletes Under 23 (athletics), under the age of 23, which is organized by the European Athletic Association. The oldest of the 'age-grou ...

, winning in Kaunas, Lithuania in 2009. This also represented Britain's first ever gold medal for a female discus thrower at European, World or Olympic level. Her gold medal was subsequently stolen during a burglary at her home. She has been British champion eight times. Twice were indoors with the shot put in 2008 and 2015. The other six British titles were won outdoors with the discus in 2012 and 2014 and the shot put in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014. She is also the British under 20 record holder in the discus.

References

1988 births Living people Athletes from Leicester British female discus throwers British female shot putters English female discus throwers English female shot putters Commonwealth Games athletes for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games British Athletics Championships winners 21st-century English sportswomen {{England-shotput-athletics-bio-stub