Janine Whitlock

Janine Whitlock (born 11 August 1973) is an English pole vaulter.

Janine Whitlock
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1973-08-11) 11 August 1973
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubTrafford AC

Athletics career

She represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1][2][3] Two years later she represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4]

Her personal best is 4.47 metres, achieved in July 2005 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in the same meet that Yelena Isinbayeva became the first woman to clear 5 metres.[5]

In 2002 Whitlock was found guilty of methandienone doping. The sample was delivered on 16 June 2002 during the English Commonwealth Games trials. She received a suspension from July 2002 to July 2004.[6]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 12th
2000 Olympics Sydney, Australia 20th
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 9th
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 9th

See also
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References
  1. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  2. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  5. Sporting Heroes: Yelena Isinbayeva
  6. Rowland, James (27 September 2002). "Whitlock's two-year ban after positive steroid test". The Independent. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
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