Prudence French

{{short description|English javelin thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Pru French | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|05|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Romford, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = javelin | height = | weight = | club = Chelsea College of P. E. | pb = }}

'''Prudence Elizabeth French''' (born 1950), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == French finished third behind Sue Platt in the javelin throw event at the 1968 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19680721/100/0030 |title=World-Beater Vera |work=Sunday Post |date=21 July 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2025 }}</ref><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=2 March 2025}}</ref>

French became the national javelin throw champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1972 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 March 2025 }}</ref>

French represented England in the javelin event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41318|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

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