Vicky Lupton

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| name = Vicky Lupton

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| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|4|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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| sport = Athletics

| event = race walk

| height = 160 cm

| weight = 57 kg

| club = Sheffield Road Walkers Club

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Victoria ("Vicky") Anne Lupton (born 17 April 1972 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a retired female race walker from England who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996.

Biography

Lupton finished second behind Betty Sworowski in the 5,000m and 10,000m walk events at the 1988 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}} She became the British 10,000 metres walk champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1990 AAA Championships, 1995 and 1996 and was four times 5,000m walk champion in 1992, 1993,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |work=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }} 1996 and 1999.{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 March 2025 }}

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Lupton represented Great Britain in the 10km walk event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68714 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 March 2025}} She represented England in the 10 km walk event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}

Lupton set her personal best (45.19 minutes) in the 10 km race in 1995. Lupton represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40241|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}}
1990 \|World Junior Championships \|Plovdiv, Bulgaria \|5th \|5000m \|22:51.86
1991 \|World Cup \|San Jose, United States \|39th \|10 km \|48:57
1992 \|Olympic Games \|Barcelona, Spain \| — \|10 km \|DSQ
rowspan=2\|1993 \|World Cup \|Monterrey, Mexico \|67th \|10 km \|53:39
World Championships \|Stuttgart, Germany \|23rd \|10 km \|47:03
rowspan=2\|1994 \|Commonwealth Games \|Victoria, Canada \|5th \|10 km \|45:48
European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|20th \|10 km \|46:30
1995 \|World Cup \|Beijing, China \|50th \|10 km \|47:04
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|33rd \|10 km \|47:05
1997 \|World Cup \|Poděbrady, Czech Republic \|58th \|10 km \|47:16
1998 \|Commonwealth Games \|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \|7th \|10 km \|48:27

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} / {{ENG}}

1990

|World Junior Championships

|Plovdiv, Bulgaria

|5th

|5000m

|22:51.86

1991

|World Cup

|San Jose, United States

|39th

|10 km