Profile
Shot, F37
Funding: World Class Podium
DOB: 17 October 1974
Born: Deeside
Lives: Deeside
Club: Gloucester AC/Deeside AAC
Contact:
Coach: Mark Edwards and John Martin
International Highlights
2000 Paralympics Sydney 100m 4th, 800m 8th, 2005 European Championships 100m gold, shot gold, 2004 Paraympics Athens shot 4th, 2006 Commonwealth Games 100m T37 bronze, World Championships Assen shot gold, 100m 6th, 200m 6th
Personal Bests
Shot 10.94 (2005) 10.57 (2006)WR, Discus 26.58 (2007)
Career summary
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Bev moved from the sprints to the throws after starting athletics relatively late.
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She has concentrated more on the throws in recent years, with great success. In 2007 she started competing in the discus event as well as shot put and is also qualified in discus now for the Beijing Paralympic Games.
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Deeside athlete Bev became the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team's first gold medallist of the Assen 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships when she won the F37 shot with a World Record throw of 10.57m on day one of the competition.
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Bev is a regular competitor for her club Gloucester AC in women’s league competition and in 2008 won her first major non-disabled title, winning the Welsh Indoor Shot Put with a distance better than her current world record.
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