Talk:Fatima Whitbread

Where she grew up
AFAIK, she did not grow up in Brentwood; if I'm wrong, a citation would be helpful. Rjm at sleepers 07:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Factual errors
the article cited (jamie jackson in the observer sport monthly) gives fatimas father as a greek cypriot. and it does not support the claim that her (biological) mother had suggested fatima live with the whitbread family. i have therefore made the appropriate changes to the entry. Singerbergler (talk) 13:35, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Miscellanea section
There is a section of miscellaneous information within the article. I have taken the liberty of highlighting that section for clean up. Dean Sharpe (talk) 22:47, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

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"Second-longest throw of all time"
In the section on the 1986 European Championships it says that Whitbread produced a throw of 73.68 m in the fifth round which was "the second-longest throw of all time by a woman, at that point". However, right before that statement it says she broke the javelin world record in the qualifying round with a throw of 77.44 m "more than 2 m further than the record set by Petra Felke of East Germany the previous year". So how could 73.68 m be the second-longest throw of all time by a woman? It looks like it was the fourth-longest at best: I'm going to remove the claim for now. If I'm mis-reading things, feel free to revert. Nosferattus (talk) 15:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) 77.44 m (1986) - Whitbread
 * 2) 75.40 m (1985) - Felke
 * 3) 75.26 m (1985) - Felke
 * 4) 73.68 m (1986) - Whitbread

This WP article needs more detail on childhood.
The early life section seems very brief. This interview has more specifics on the early years. Anna (talk) 06:46, 17 April 2023 (UTC)