Jane Haist
Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (1949–2022)
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Born | (1949-03-01)March 1, 1949 St. Catharines, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | May 21, 2022(2022-05-21) (aged 73) St. Catharines, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jane Haist (March 1, 1949 – May 21, 2022) was a Canadian discus thrower and shot putter, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event. She was national U.S. collegiate champion in the discus representing the University of Tennessee in 1977.[1]
She died on May 21, 2022, of cancer.[2]
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External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jane Haist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's discus throw
- 1954:
Yvette Williams (NZL)
- 1958:
Suzanne Allday (ENG)
- 1962:
Valerie Young (NZL)
- 1966:
Valerie Young (NZL)
- 1970:
Rosemary Payne (SCO)
- 1974:
Jane Haist (CAN)
- 1978:
Carmen Ionesco (CAN)
- 1982:
Meg Ritchie (SCO)
- 1986:
Gael Martin (AUS)
- 1990:
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS)
- 1994:
Daniela Costian (AUS)
- 1998:
Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)
- 2002:
Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)
- 2006:
Elizna Naudé (RSA)
- 2010:
Krishna Poonia (IND)
- 2014:
Dani Samuels (AUS)
- 2018:
Dani Stevens (AUS)
- 2022:
Chioma Onyekwere (NGR)
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