Sharon Corbett
{{Short description|English javelin thrower}}
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| name = Sharon Corbett
married name Avann
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|06|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, England
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| sport = Athletics
| event = javelin
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| club = Solihull and Small Heath AC
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1974 Christchurch | javelin}}
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Sharon Corbett (married name Sharon Avann) (born 24 June 1953), is a former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Corbett twice finished third in the javelin event at the WAAA Championships; behind Inger Fallo at the 1971 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19710718/021/0021 |title=Women's AAA Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=18 July 1971 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }} and behind Pru French at the 1972 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19720709/340/0038 |title=Women's AAA Champions |work=Sunday Mirror |date=9 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }} She finally became the British javelin champion at the 1973 WAAA 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=7 March 2025}}
Corbett represented England and won a bronze medal in the javelin event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41319|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Corbett finished behind Tessa Sanderson at the WAA Championships in both 1975 and 1976; the second of which she competed under her married name Avann.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 March 2025 }} She had married John Avann in late 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=256143658:8565&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=6 March 2025 }}
References
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Category:English female javelin throwers
Category:British female javelin throwers
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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