| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 24 November 1980 Bristol, England |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | hammer throw |
| Club | Birchfield Harriers |
Zoe Lianne Derham (born 24 November 1980) is an English hammer thrower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Derham competed at the European U23 Championships and during the same month finished third behind Lorraine Shaw in the hammer throw event at the 2001 AAA Championships.[1]
Derham represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, finishing in eighth place in the hammer throw[2] and four years later represented the England team again at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[3]
Derham became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2007 British Athletics Championships.[4]
Derham retained her British title[5] an then at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Derham represented Great Britain.[6] Her personal best throw is 68.63 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Loughborough. This places her fourth on the British all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw,[7] who is also her coach.[8]
A third consecutive British title was won in 2009, in addition to appearing at the World Championships and the following year Derham won her fourth and last British title before participating in the Women's hammer throw event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain and  England
| ||||
| 1999 | European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 20th (q) | 49.47 m[9] |
| 2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 22nd (q) | 55.53 m[10] |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 8th | 59.57 m |
| 2005 | World Student Games | İzmir, Turkey | 11th | 62.54 m |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 5th | 61.92 m |
| European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 39th (q) | 56.94 m | |
| 2007 | World Student Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 14th | 59.14 m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 35th (q) | 64.74 m |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | — | NM |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 3rd | 64.04 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics". The Scotsman. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Manchester 2002 Team". Team England. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
- ^ Derham preparation hit by illness . BBC Sport (6 August 2009). Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
- ^ wjah.co.uk
- ^ "eaa-athletics.ch". Archived from the original on 10 November 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Zoe Derham at World Athletics
- Zoe Derham at Team GB
- Zoe Derham at Olympics.com
- Zoe Derham at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official web site at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 April 2012)
- Zoe Lianne DERHAM at the 2006 Commonwealth Games at archive.today (archived 30 December 2012)
