Jane Haist
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| Born | (1949-03-01)March 1, 1949 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 21, 2022(2022-05-21) (aged 73) Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | shot put/discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Thornhill | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jane Haist (March 1, 1949 – May 21, 2022) was a Canadian discus thrower and shot putter, who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Haist is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event. Later that year, Haist won the British WAAA Championships titles in the shot put and discus throw events at the 1974 WAAA Championships.[2][3][4]
She was national U.S. collegiate champion in the discus representing the University of Tennessee in 1977.[5]
She died on May 21, 2022, of cancer.[6]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jane Haist". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Midland Girl Shocks Champion". Birmingham Daily Post. July 22, 1974. Retrieved March 7, 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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