Margaret Callender
{{Short description|English javelin thrower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|06|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Thurrock, England
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| sport = Athletics
| event = javelin
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| club = Ilford AC
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Margaret Jean Callender married name Margaret Whitbread, (born 1939) is a former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Callender finished third behind Averil Williams in the javelin throw event at the 1957 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19570707/213/0013 |title=Schoolgirls Jolt Olympic Jump Star |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=7 July 1957 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 February 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=19 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=19 February 2025 }}
She represented England in the javelin at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41314|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}
She married John Whitbread in late 1959 and competed under her married name thereafter.{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=220648054:8951&d=bmd_1737698379 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=19 February 2025 }} Whitbread finished third behind Sue Platt at the 1966 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19660703/799/0027 |title=Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look |work=Sunday Express |date=3 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 }}
In 1975 the couple adopted Fatima Whitbread and Margaret coached her at javelin.
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Category:English female javelin throwers
Category:British female javelin throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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