Elizabeth Gleadle
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December 5, 1988 Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||
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 Canada
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 64.83m NR, Kawasaki, 2015 | ||||||||||||
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Elizabeth "Liz" Gleadle (born December 5, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. She competed in the javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th in the finals.
Elizabeth Gleadle was born in Vancouver, on December 5, 1988 to parents Dan and Sonia. Her parents enrolled her in almost every sport available throughout elementary school, including playing fastball for the Vancouver Wildcats Rep fastball team as a pitcher. In 2002, while in grade 8 at Kitsilano Secondary School, Liz threw javelin in Caroline Wittrin’s gym class. That year she won the Vancouver City’s with a throw of 17 metres. In 2004, while in grade 10, Bruce Miller, a parent helping coach the high school team, coached Liz to place 3rd at BC High School Championships, win the BC Youth Championships, and win the Canadian Youth Championships. In the fall of 2004, Elizabeth decided to concentrate on track and field, and joined the Vancouver Thunderbirds Track and Field Club with Coach Laurier Primeau. This was the first individual sport Elizabeth had pursued. After a couple months of winter training, she decided to focus solely on javelin. In the summer of 2005 she was the BC and Canadian Youth Champion, and made the World Youth Team to compete in Morocco, where she threw 50.51m, breaking the Canadian Youth Record and finishing 5th.
Her 2005 summer performances caught the attention of many. She was pursued by many NCAA Division 1 schools offering her full ride scholarships, however she stayed in Vancouver and competed for the University of British Columbia, in order to continue training with her coach and remain close to family and friends. Over the course of her university career, she won the NAIA Championships each of the four times she entered and set the NAIA record two times.
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