Victoria ("Vicky") Anne Lupton (born 17 April 1972 in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

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) is a retired female race walker from England who twice competed for Great Britain at the

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: 1992 and 1996.

Biography

Lupton finished second behind Betty Sworowski in the 5,000m and 10,000m walk events at the 1988 AAA Championships. She became the British 10,000 metres walk champion after winning the British

AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...

title at the 1990 AAA Championships, 1995 and 1996 and was four times 5,000m walk champion in 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1999. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Lupton represented

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in the 10km walk event. She represented

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in the 10 km walk event, at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

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, Canada. Lupton set her personal best (45.19 minutes) in the 10 km race in 1995. Lupton represented

, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

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, Malaysia.

International competitions

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lupton, Vicky 1972 births Living people Athletes from Sheffield British female race walkers English female race walkers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games athletes for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain 20th-century English sportswomen