Kirsty Morrison, Date of Birth

    

Kirsty Morrison

British female javelin thrower

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1975

Profession: javelin thrower

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Kirsty Morrison

  • Kirsty Morrison (born 28 October 1975) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.
  • Her greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
  • She won one national title, topping the podium at the 1999 AAA Championships.
  • She also ranked third at the 1993 UK Athletics Championships.
  • She achieved a lifetime best of 55.91 m (183 ft 5 in) in 1999.
  • She stopped competed after 2012.Among her first international medals was a silver behind Soviet athlete Tatyana Shlupkina at the 1991 European Youth Olympic Days.
  • She was a silver medallist at the 1993 European Athletics Junior Championships behind Finland's Mikaela Ingberg.
  • She was only the second British woman to reach the javelin podium at that event, after 1979 winner Fatima Whitbread.
  • She entered the World Junior Championships in 1994, but did not make the final there.
  • Her fourth place finish at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was a new high for a British woman at that competition.Among other domestic competitions, she was the 2001 Inter-Counties Championships champion, four-time winner at the South of England Championships (1997, 1998, 2002, 2004), 1992 winner for England at the British Schools International Match, six-time winner at the AAA Junior Championships (1989–94), and a five-time winner at the English Schools' Athletics Championships (1990–94).

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