Jane Haist

{{Short description|Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (1949–2022)}}

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| name = Jane Haist

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| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Athletics

| event = shot put/discus throw

| club = Thornhill

| birth_date ={{birth date|1949|3|1}}

| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|21|1949|3|1}}

| death_place = Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

| height =175 cm

| weight =84 kg

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Jane Haist (March 1, 1949 – May 21, 2022) was a Canadian discus thrower and shot putter, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/jane-haist-1.html |title=Jane Haist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204406/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/jane-haist-1.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |url-status=dead}}

Biography

Haist is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event. Later that year, Haist won the British WAAA Championships titles in the shot put and discus throw events at the 1974 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19740722/291/0012 |title=Midland Girl Shocks Champion |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=22 July 1974 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}{{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=7 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 March 2025 }}

She was national U.S. collegiate champion in the discus representing the University of Tennessee in 1977.{{cite web |url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-track/guides/2012/2012-track-guide.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191600/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-track/guides/2012/2012-track-guide.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}

She died on May 21, 2022, of cancer.[https://utsports.com/news/2022/5/25/track-field-xc-lady-vols-track-field-great-jane-haist-passes-away.aspx Lady Vols Track & Field Great Jane Haist Passes Away]