Sharon Corbett

{{Short description|English javelin thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Sharon Corbett<br>married name Avann | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|06|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = javelin | height = | weight = | club = Solihull and Small Heath AC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1974 Christchurch | javelin}} }}

'''Sharon Corbett''' (married name '''Sharon Avann''') (born 24 June 1953), is a former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == Corbett twice finished third in the javelin event at the WAAA Championships; behind Inger Fallo at the 1971 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19710718/021/0021 |title=Women's AAA Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=18 July 1971 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}</ref> and behind Pru French at the 1972 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19720709/340/0038 |title=Women's AAA Champions |work=Sunday Mirror |date=9 July 1972 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 March 2025 }}</ref> She finally became the British javelin champion at the 1973 WAAA Championships.<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=7 March 2025}}</ref>

Corbett represented England and won a bronze medal 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/41319|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

Corbett finished behind Tessa Sanderson at the WAA Championships in both 1975 and 1976; the second of which she competed under her married name Avann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=7 March 2025 }}</ref> She had married John Avann in late 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=256143658:8565&d=bmd_1740370513 |title=Marriages |website=Free BMD |access-date=6 March 2025 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Sharon}} Category:1953 births Category:English women javelin throwers Category:British women javelin throwers Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Category:Living people Category:Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century English sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics