Jackie McKernan

Jacqueline ("Jackie") McKernan (born 1 July 1965 in Belfast^[1]) is a retired Northern Irish discus thrower.

Her personal best throw is 60.72 metres, achieved in July 1993 in Buffalo. This is the Northern Irish record, and places her fifth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles and Shelley Newman.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	8th	Shot put	11.77 m
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	9th	Discus throw	49.08 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	18th (q)	Discus throw	50.92 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	Discus throw	54.86 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	16th (q)	Discus throw	48.12 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	21st (q)	Discus throw	55.64 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	28th (q)	Discus throw	51.94 m
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	2nd	Discus throw	60.72 m (=PB)
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	25th (q)	Discus throw	56.14 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	Discus throw	57.56 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	5th	Discus throw	54.86 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	16th (q)	Discus throw	54.78 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	20th (q)	Discus throw	58.88 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5th	Discus throw	55.16 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	10th	Discus throw	50.45 m

UK National Championship winners in women's discus throw

1977-1997	1977-80 Meg Ritchie 1981 Venissa Head 1982 Lesley Bryant 1983-84 Venissa Head 1985 Julia Avis 1986 Venissa Head 1987 Kathryn Farr 1988 Venissa Head 1989-93 Jackie McKernan 1997 Shelley Drew

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