Clova Court
{{Short description|English athlete}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor =
| name = Clova Court
née Cameron
| image = Mayor of Dudley Cllr Anne Millward with olympian and Sunday Times Grassroots Sportwoman of the Year Clova Court (2) (52038195760) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Court in April 2022
| nationality = British/Jamaican
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
| death_date =
| death_place =
| sport = Athletics
| event = heptathlon
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 72 kg
| club = Birchfield Harriers
| pb =
}}
Clova E. Court (née Cameron; born 10 February 1960) is a British/Jamaican retired athlete, who competed mainly in the heptathlon and the 100 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain in the heptathlon at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She won a record five AAA Championships heptathlon tiles, and also won the 1994 AAA Championships 100 metres hurdles title, defeating Sally Gunnell.
Biography
Born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Court competed for Great Britain at several major championships during the 1990s. Her first individual international vest was at the age of 30. She finished sixteenth at the 1991 World Championships with a personal best score of 6022 points,[http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/wg99.htm UK All-Time Lists: Women - Heptathlon and Relays] - GBR Athletics ninth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships,[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1992/f92_22.html 1992 European Indoor Championships - women's heptathlon] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite nineteenth at the 1992 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1998_w.asp 1998 Commonwealth Games results, women] - Sporting Heroes{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40184|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Court also competed in hurdling, and reached the semifinals at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships. Her personal best time was 13.04 seconds, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki.[http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/uk/wd99.htm UK All-Time Lists: Women - Steeplechase and Hurdles] - GBR Athletics She made the final at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, but did not finish the race.[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1994_w.asp 1994 Commonwealth Games results, women] - Sporting Heroes In all, Court competed in 12 major events, on two occasions doubling up in both the heptathlon and 100m hurdles, and five European cups.
Court represented Great Britain at international level in a number of different disciplines: heptathlon, 100 m hurdles, 200 metres, Javelin throw, Long jump, sprint relay team, plus indoor 60 m hurdles, pentathlon, and 4 × 200 m relay team. In total, she made 57 appearances for the United Kingdom. She is one of the few former Olympians who has captained a British team, and then gone on to manage and coach a British team.
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan=6|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}} |
|---|
| 1990
|Split, Yugoslavia |16th |heptathlon |5068 |
| 1991
|Tokyo, Japan |16th |heptathlon |6022 |
| rowspan=2|1992
|European Indoor Championships |Genoa, Italy |9th |pentathlon |3922 |
| Olympic Games
|Barcelona, Spain |19th |heptathlon |5994 |
| rowspan=3|1993
|Toronto, Canada |semifinal |60 m hurdles |8.65 (8.33 in heat) |
| rowspan=2|World Championships
|rowspan=2|Stuttgart, Germany |semifinal |100 m hurdles |13.37 |
| DNF
|heptathlon |1030 |
| rowspan=3|1994
|Helsinki, Finland |semifinal |100 m hurdles |13.04 |
| rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games
|rowspan=2|Victoria, Canada |DNF (final) |100 m hurdles |13.27 (heats) |
| DNF
|heptathlon | |
| 1998
|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |8th |heptathlon |5421 |
National titles
- 5 AAA Championships heptathlon titles (1991, 1992, 1993,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |work=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }} 1997 & 1998){{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=29 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=29 March 2025 }}
- 1 AAAs Championship 100 metres hurdles title (1994){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940613/015/0015 |title=Classy Crampton hits the jackpot |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 June 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}
- 2 AAAs Indoor Championship 60 metres hurdles titles (1993 & 1995)
- 2 inter counties titles 1987 & 1997
- British athletics federation indoor champion 60m hurdles 1996
References
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External links
- [http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/windex.pdf gbrathletics]
- {{World Athletics}}
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Category:Athletes from Saint Catherine Parish
Category:British female hurdlers
Category:English female hurdlers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain