{{short description|English hammer thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Lorraine Shaw | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = hammer throw | height = 171 cm | weight = 91 kg | club = Sale Harriers Manchester | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | hammer}} {{MedalGold| 2002 Manchester | hammer}} {{MedalBronze| 2006 Melbourne | hammer}} }}
'''Lorraine Amanda Shaw''' (born 2 April 1968) is an English hammer thrower who competed at two Olympic Games.
== Biography == Shaw's personal best throw, and the previous British record, is 68.93 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/wf99.htm UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws] - GBR Athletics</ref> She competed at four consecutive Commonwealth Games; starting in 1994 when she represented England in the hammer throw event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41051|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Domestically, Shaw won seven AAA hammer throw titles in 1994,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940613/015/0015 |title=Classy Crampton hits the jackpot |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 June 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref> 1998, 2000,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000814/247/0022 |title=Weekend results |work=The Scotsman |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref> 2001,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20010716/472/0030 |title=Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=16 July 2001 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref> 2002,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020715/375/0027 |title=Weekend results - Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=15 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> 2003 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1994 |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |10th |Discus throw |50.50 m |- |rowspan=2|'''1998''' |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Hammer throw |62.66 m |- |European Championships |Budapest, Hungary |11th |Hammer throw |58.19 m |- |'''1999''' |World Championships |Seville, Spain |14th |Hammer throw |62.09 m |- |'''2000''' |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |9th |Hammer throw |64.27 m |- |'''2001''' |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |6th |Hammer throw |65.89 m |- |rowspan=2|'''2002''' |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Hammer throw |66.83 m |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |20th (q) |Hammer throw |61.50 m |- |'''2003''' |World Championships |Paris, France |10th |Hammer throw |65.95 m |- |'''2004''' |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |30th (q) |Hammer throw |64.79 m |- |'''2006''' |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Hammer throw |66.00 m |}
== References == *{{World Athletics}} *[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2290 Profile] at Sporting Heroes {{reflist}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Hammer Women}} {{Footer UK NC Hammer Women}}
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