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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1973 Carshalton, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | discus throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Belgrave Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Shelley Jean Newman, now Parr and (née Drew), (born 8 August 1973) is a female retired discus thrower from England and competed for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Born in Carshalton, London, her personal best throw is 61.22 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough. This was the English record for many years and at the time and placed her fourth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head and Philippa Roles.[2] She represented England in the discus event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4] Four years later she won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[5]
Drew was six-times British discus throw champion after winning the UK Championship in 1997 and the British AAA Championships title in 1998, 1999, 2000,[6] 2001[7] and 2003 (the last as Shelley Newman).[8][9]
Personal life
[edit]Shelley has a degree in physiology, which she gained at the University of Birmingham in 1994. She earned her doctorate in the subject in 1999 and became a Professorial Fellow in Medical Education in 2016. She currently works as the Director of the Centre for Higher Education Practice at the University of Southampton. Previously she held posts at the University of Birmingham and, until 2007, Cardiff University.
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain and  England | ||||
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 12th | 46.14 m |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 22nd (q) | 53.96 m |
| Universiade | Catania, Italy | 11th | 52.14 m | |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 27th (q) | 53.13 m |
| Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4th | 56.13 m | |
| 1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 11th | 55.04 m |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 10th | 57.38 m |
| Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | 58.13 m | |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 19th (q) | 57.65 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 33rd (q) | 56.04 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletics". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
