Rosemary Payne

{{Short description|British female discus thrower (born 1933)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Rosemary Payne | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Discus | club = Lozells Harriers, Birmingham<br>Edinburgh Southern Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|5|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height =174 cm | weight =76 kg | pb = |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport | Women's Athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{SCO}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Gold| 1970 Edinburgh | Discus Throw}} {{Medal|Silver| 1974 Christchurch | Discus Throw}} }}

'''Christine Rosemary Payne''' (née Charters; born 19 May 1933) is a British retired discus thrower. She represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and won the gold medal for Scotland at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.

== Biography == Charters was born in Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland. She attended Kelso High School<ref>''The Scotsman'' Thursday 8 June 1950, page 9</ref> and the University of Edinburgh, completing a teaching degree.<ref>''Edinburgh Evening News'' Friday 5 July 1957, page 8</ref>

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Charters represented Scotland<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19580623/209/0010 |title=Scots athletes for Cardiff |work=The Scotsman |date=23 June 1958 |p=10 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> in the women's discus throw finishing in 10th place. She met hammer thrower Howard Payne at the Games and they married in Birmingham on 5 February 1960.<ref>''The Scotsman'' Wednesday 17 February 1960, page 20</ref> Charters competed under her married name of Payne thereafter.

Payne finished second behind Kriemhild Limberg in the discus throw event at the 1964 WAAA Championships but by virtue of being the best placed British athlete she became the national discus champion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19640705/703/0029 |title=Little Daphne Zips to Records |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 February 2025 }}</ref> Payne regained her discus title at the 1966 WAAA Championships and was classified British champion every year from 1964 to 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19670702/480/0023 |title=Board may forgive Anne |work=Sunday Express |date=2 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 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=28 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 February 2025 }}</ref>

At the age of 39 she competed in the 1972 Olympics. She ranked tenth in the qualification round with a distance of 55.56 m, in the final she finished 12th with a throw of 56.50 meters. Her personal best of 58.02 m dates from the same year 1972.

At age 41, she took a silver medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Also in 1974, she served as the British Junior Team Manager, supervising youngsters including Steve Cram, Fatima Whitbread, Colin Jackson and Steve Backley.<ref name=model />

She competed in the 1975 World Masters Athletics Championships, showing her athletic versatility by winning gold in not only the Discus and shot put throwing events, but also in the 100 metres and high jump.

After 1978, she took a break from competing, to return ten years later at the European Veterans Championships, adding the triple jump to her repertoire. Her British W55 record of 9.12 m still stands. In all she has amassed 19 British age group records,<ref name=model>{{Cite web|url=http://www.results-model2010.de/RCP_E.html|title=Rosemary Chrimes Payne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082038/http://www.results-model2010.de/RCP_E.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> including a complete sweep of Discus records from age 35 to 80, excepting the W50 division that fell during the years she was not competing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bvaf.org.uk/records/ukfldrecs.asp |title=UK Masters Age Group Field Records |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330180411/http://www.bvaf.org.uk/records/ukfldrecs.asp |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}</ref> As of the start of 2014, she holds five world records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women |title=Records Outdoor Women |access-date=2015-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111105152/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women |archive-date=11 January 2012 }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/rosemary-payne-1.html sports-reference]

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