Autographs of Fatima Whitbread
Fatima Whitbread, MBE (née Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m (254 ft 3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athlete to set a world record in a throwing event. Whitbread went on to win the European title that year, and took the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. She is also a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1987. More about Fatima Whitbread
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After a difficult early childhood, Fatima Vedad was adopted by the family of Margaret Whitbread, a javelin coach. Whitbread won the 1977 English Schools' Athletics Championships intermediate title, and was selected for the 1978 Commonwealth Games, where she finished sixth. The following year, she took gold at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships. During her career, she had a well-publicised rivalry with another British javelin athlete, Tessa Sanderson. Whitbread's later career was affected by a long-term shoulder injury, which she believed dated back to her world record throw in 1986. The 1990 UK Athletics Championships was the last event in which she participated, sustaining a further shoulder injury there. In 1992 she formally retired from competition.
Whitbread has appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2011 and 2023, in which she finished in third place both times. She was named the Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours, for services to athletics. Read even more about Fatima Whitbread at Wikipedia
Whitbread has appeared on several television programmes, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2011 and 2023, in which she finished in third place both times. She was named the Sports Writers' Association Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1987. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours, for services to athletics. Read even more about Fatima Whitbread at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Fatima Whitbread
The most expensive item with a signature of Fatima Whitbread (RV5d Royal visit to Korea Flown Kai Tak to Seoul Signed Fatima Whitbread.) was sold in November 2015 for £29.95 while the cheapest item (Survivor: Fatima Whitbread. Signed) found a new owner for £0.99 in February 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2015 with an average selling price of £2.75 for an autographed item of Fatima Whitbread. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2016 with £16.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from Fatima Whitbread is worth £3.99.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fatima Whitbread Autobiography SIGNED Athletics Javelin World Champion | £3.50 | |
| Fatima whitbread hand signed photo Olympic javlin thrower | £5.99 | |
| Fatima Whitbread MBE (Javelin - 1988 Olympic Silver) Signed 1st Day Cover | £4.42 | |
| Fatima Whitbread MBE (Javelin - 1988 Olympic Silver) Signed PR Card | £3.00 | |
| Fatima Whitbread MBE (Javelin - 1988 Olympic Silver) Signed PR Card | £2.50 | |
| Fatima Whitbread MBE Olympic Athelete Signed 1996 Stamp Cover Ltd Ed. No 5 of 10 | £4.99 | |
| Fatima Whitbread personally autographed letter as shown | £1.00 | |
| Fatima Whitbread Signed 6x4 Inch Olympic Photo | £5.00 | |
| Fatima WHITBREAD Signed Autograph Olympic & Paralympic Games FDC 9th July 1996 | £3.99 | |
| FATIMA WHITBREAD SIGNED PHOTOGRAPG | £5.59 | |
| Fatima Whitbread- Olympic gold medalist - hand-signed photo - 8x6 | £2.99 | |
| FATIMA WHITBREAD. Genuine Autograph. 8 x 6. COA. | £2.99 | |
| POST OFFICES First Day Cover 1997 CERTIFIED SIGNED FATIMA WHITBREAD | £5.99 | |
| SIGNED FATIMA WHITBREAD DOODLE CHARITY AUCTION OLYMPIC WORLD CHAMP JAVELIN | £4.99 | |
| Vintage Book Hand Signed Fatima Whitbread Authobiography Autograph | £16.99 | |