Who is fatima whitbread?

Fatima Whitbread is a former javelin thrower who won two Olympic medals; bronze in 1984 Los Angeles and silver in 1988 Seoul. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44m at the 1986 European Championships. Whitbread became the World Champion in 1987, and also won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Updated on Sunday, February 05 2012 at 05:03AM GMT