Joanne Mulliner
{{short description|English athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Joanne Mulliner
| image =
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Heptathlon
| club = WBAC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cosford, Shropshire, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =175 cm
| weight = 68 kg
}}
Joanne Carol Mulliner (born 18 August 1966) is a female English former athlete who competed at the Olympic Games.
Biography
Mulliner represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}
In 1987, Mulliner achieved her best score of 6094 points on 7 June 1987 in Arles, to become only the fourth British woman to score over 6000 points, after Tessa Sanderson, Judy Simpson and Kim Hagger. Mulliner became the British heptathlon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships.{{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=27 March 2025}}
Mulliner represented Great Britain in the women's heptathlon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/joanne-mulliner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/joanne-mulliner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Joanne Mulliner Olympic Results |access-date=28 January 2018}}
Mulliner represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where she finished fourth in the heptathlon{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41129|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}} and shortly afterwards on a second AAA title at the 1990 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 March 2025 }}
As of 2018, she ranks 11th on the UK all-time list.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=HepW&agegroup=All&sex=W&alltime=y |work=Power of 10 |title=Heptathlon Women Overall All Time |access-date=3 April 2018}}
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan=6|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}} |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1982
|rowspan=2|World Gymnasiade |rowspan=2|Lille, France |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m hurdles |14.54 |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|Long jump |5.89 m{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/isf.htm |work=GBR Athletics |title=ISF World Gymnasiade |access-date=3 April 2018}} |
| rowspan=2|1986
|Edinburgh, United Kingdom |4th |Heptathlon |5659w |
| European Championships
|Stuttgart, Germany |14th |Heptathlon |5564 |
| 1987
|Rome, Italy |15th |Heptathlon |5842 |
| 1988
|Seoul, South Korea |19th |Heptathlon |5746 |
| rowspan=2|1990
|Auckland, New Zealand |4th |Heptathlon |5913 |
| European Championships
|Split, Yugoslavia |12th |Heptathlon |5849 |
=National titles=
References
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:People from Cosford, Shropshire
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England