Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 1904 |
Died | 1990 |
Sport | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Javelin throw, discus throw |
Retired | yes |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals | 1926 Women's World Games - silver, javelin |
Regional finals | Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 35 Middlesex County Javelin Champion 1931 - 33 |
National finals | British Javelin Champion 1926 - 31 British Discus Champion 1930 |
Louise Fawcett (1904−1990) was a British javelin and discus thrower. Fawcett was educated at Hammersmith Technical School and married Leslie Leon Stenning in 1937. As a member of the British Athletic Team she participated in a number of international competitions including the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale second Women's World Games in Sweden (1926), in Brussels (1927), England, Prague, Berlin (1930), Birmingham, London and Barcelona (1936).