Zoe Lianne Derham (born 24 November 1980) is an English

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er who competed at the

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Biography

Derham competed at the European U23 Championships and during the same month finished third behind

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in the hammer throw event at the

2001 AAA Championships The 2001 AAA Championships sponsored by Norwich Union, was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 13–15 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de fa ...

. Derham represented

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at the

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in Manchester, finishing in eighth place in the

and four years later represented the England team again at the

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in Melbourne. Derham became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British

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title at the

2007 British Athletics Championships The 2007 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 27 to 29 July at Manchester Regional Arena in Manchester. It was first time that the event was organised ...

. Derham retained her British title an then at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Derham represented

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. Her personal best throw is 68.63 metres, achieved in July 2008 in

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. This places her fourth on the British all-time list, behind

, who is also her coach.Derham preparation hit by illness

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(6 August 2009). Retrieved on 2009-08-06. A third consecutive British title was won in 2009, in addition to appearing at the World Championships and the following year Derham won her fourth and last British title before participating in the Women's hammer throw event at the

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International competitions

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