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Fatima Whitbread MBE (née Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 34 in) in the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and also won the European title that year. She took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships and is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 games and silver in 1988. She was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987. During her career, she had a well-publicised rivalry with another British javelin athlete, Tessa Sanderson. Her later career was affected by a persistent shoulder injury, and in 1992 she retired from competition. She has since has appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! in 2011. She was named the Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours, for services to athletics. (Full article...)