Katharine Connal
{{short description|British javelin thrower}}
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| name = Katharine Connal
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport = Athletics
| event = Javelin throw
| club = University of Leeds
| birth_date = 8 June 1912
| birth_place = Leeds, Yorkshire, England
| death_date = 21 May 1983 (aged 70)
| death_place = Boyup Brook, Western Australia, Australia
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Katharine Irene Connal (8 June 1912 – 21 May 1983) was a British athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68631 |title=Katharine Connal |work=Olympedia |accessdate=7 June 2020}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/katharine-connal-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/katharine-connal-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Katharine Connal Olympic Results |accessdate=16 January 2018}}
Biography
Connal became the national javelin champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1936 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19360720/388/0007 |title=Women Champions |work=The Scotsman |date=20 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 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=24 January 2025 }}
Shortly afterwards a tthe 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, she competed in the women's javelin throw, where she finished in 14th position.{{cite web|url=https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/2017/11/16/modest-standards-javelin-leeds-lecturer-makes-mark/ |title=Modest standards in the javelin, but a Leeds lecturer makes his mark |work=Northern Athletics |access-date=23 May 2022}}
Connal retained her WAAA javelin title at the 1938 WAAA Championships and 1939 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19390723/018/0018 |title=Women's A.A.A. Titles |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=23 July 1939 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2025 }} Additionally she finished third behind Bevis Reid in the shot put in 1938 and discus in 1939.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19380704/465/0012 |title=Records by Women |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=4 July 1938 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2025 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=24 January 2025 }}
After her career was interrupted by World War II, Connal finished second behind Gladys Clarke in the javelin event at the 1945 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19450820/095/0004 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=20 August 1945 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 January 2025 }}
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:British female javelin throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Place of birth missing
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