Margaret Jean Callender (married name Margaret Whitbread, born 1939) is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

She represented

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in the javelin at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in

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, Wales.

Personal life

She married John Whitbread in 1959. During 1975 the couple adopted

Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread (' Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athle ...

and Margaret coached her at javelin.

References

1939 births English female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-sport-bio-stub