Jannette Roscoe

Jannette Veronica Roscoe (née Champion; born 10 June 1946) is a female British sprinter.

Jannette Roscoe
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1946-06-10) 10 June 1946
Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Sport
SportSprinting
Event(s)400 metres
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch 4x400m relay


Early life

She grew up in Hale, Greater Manchester, when in Cheshire.

Teaching career

In June 1970 she taught at Weaverham Secondary School.[1]

After marriage she lived at 102 Leicester Road in Fleckney in Leicestershire. Both her and her husband were teachers, where they drank 49 pints of milk a week - one pint at each meal, on a diet with lots of meat and cheese. She ate one pound of meat each day. Their food cost £8 a week. But Kraft Foods had sponsored the Olympic team, giving £2 of cheese a week to the 139 athletes. The couple found it difficult to afford their food each week. She trained 10 hours a week at Saffron Lane sports ground, and he trained 10 hours a week. At the weekend they trained at Loughborough, and in Charnwood Forest. If they lived in Germany, as an A-class athlete, she would receive £100 a month funding, and as a B-class athlete, he would receive £70 a month.[2]

She taught PE at Countesthorpe College. The village parish council offered to fund their food.[3]

By 1977 she was teaching PE at Trent Polytechnic, and by 1978 she was at Widnes.[4] She taught Widnes Sixth Form College, now Riverside College, Widnes.[5]

Athletics career

Roscoe competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[6]

She also represented England in the 400 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[7][8] Four years later she won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with Ruth Kennedy, Sue Pettett and Verona Bernard, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[9][10][11]

Personal life

She married on 19 August 1970 at Altrincham, shortly after the Commonwealth games, when both were 24. Dennis Roscoe, a discus athlete, was from Woodland Avenue, Widnes Cheshire.[12][13]

She was born with two sets of six toes.[14]

References

  1. Runcorn Guardian Thursday 25 June 1970, page 22
  2. Leicester Mercury Wednesday 16 February 1972, page 28
  3. Leicester Mercury Friday 10 March 1972, page 14
  4. Liverpool Echo Wednesday 21 June 1978, page 20
  5. Widnes Weekly News Friday 9 July 1982, page 18
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jannette Roscoe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  8. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  9. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  10. "1974 Games". Team England.
  11. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  12. Widnes Weekly News Friday 11 August 1972, page 21
  13. Liverpool Echo Thursday 20 August 1970, page 7
  14. Leicester Chronicle Friday 5 May 1972, page 6


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