Goldie SAYERS

Great Britain & N.I.

Goldie Sayers - Great Britain & N.I. - Bronze medal in the Javelin at the 2008 Olympics.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 21 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 16 July 1982
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Newmarket, England.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Great Britain & N.I.
    • Event(s)
      Javelin
    • Championship Performances
      Olympics: 2008 bronze Javelin.
      Europeans:
      2012 4th. javelin, 2014 8th. javelin,
      Commonwealth: 2002
      6th., 2006 5th., 2014 7th. javelin.
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Goldie SAYERS - Great Britain & N.I. - Bronze medal in the Javelin at the 2008 Olympics.

Goldie Sayers is pictured above during the final of the women's Javelin at the 2008

Olympic Games in Beijing. She produced an excellent performance to finish

in 4th place with a new national record throw of 65.75m.

However Abukumova was later disqualified for drug taking and Obergfoll moved up a place and was

given the silver medal and Goldie the bronze.

 


Women's Javelin Final.

2008 Olympic Games.


1. Barbora SPOTAKOVA   CZE   71.42m
X  Maria ABAKUMOVA   RUS   70.78m DISQ
2. Christina OBERGFOLL   GER   66.13m
3. Goldie SAYERS   GBR   65.75m
4. Steffi NERIUS   GER   65.29m
5. Osleidys MENENDEZ   CUB   63.35m
6. Barbara MADEJCZYK   POL   62.02m
7. Katharina MOLITOR   GER   59.64m