Joanne Fenn

Joanne Fenn née Mersh, (born October 19, 1974) is an English middle distance athlete.

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Née - October 19 - 1974 - English - Middle distance - Athlete

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Joanne was born in Leytonstone, London and showed a great deal of promise in her early athletics career, but a series of injuries and an interest with a local band, The Business, halted her career.

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Leytonstone - London - Athletics

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After renewing her relationship with running Joanne continued to improve,

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but despite running a personal best of 1:59.86 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, in Manchester, England, Joanne could only manage 7th place in the final.

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2002 Commonwealth Games - Manchester

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2004 started promisingly for Jo with an 800 m. bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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2004 - Bronze medal - World Indoor Championships - Budapest - Hungary

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In the 800 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Jo accompanied teammate and eventual gold medalist Kelly Holmes, she progressed through the first round but in the third of three semi-finals found the pace too fast and finished fifth therefore not qualifying for the final.

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800 m - 2004 Summer Olympics - Athens - Greece - Gold medal - Kelly Holmes

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