Lorraine Amanda Shaw (born 2 April 1968) is an English

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er who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Shaw's personal best throw, and the previous British record, is 68.93 metres, achieved in June 2003 in

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. She competed at four consecutive

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; starting in 1994 when she represented

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in the hammer throw event, at the

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, Canada. Four years later she represented

and won a silver medal, at the

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, Malaysia. This was followed by a

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at the

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in Manchester and a

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at the

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. Domestically, Shaw won seven AAA hammer throw titles in 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

International competitions

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