# Prudence French

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{{short description|English javelin thrower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
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| name             = Pru French
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1950|05|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Romford](/source/Romford), England
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| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event            = javelin
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| club             = Chelsea College of P. E.
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'''Prudence Elizabeth French''' (born 1950), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography ==
French finished third behind [Sue Platt](/source/Sue_Platt) in the javelin throw event at the [1968 WAAA Championships](/source/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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_javelin_throw) after winning the British [WAAA Championships](/source/WAAA_Championships) title at the [1972 WAAA Championships](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_1974_British_Commonwealth_Games) in the javelin event, at the [1974 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1974_British_Commonwealth_Games) in [Christchurch](/source/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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Category:1950 births
Category:English women javelin throwers
Category:British women javelin throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Living people
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:20th-century English sportswomen

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