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Javelin world champion Fatima Whitbread said it was the "highest honour" to receive a freedom of the borough award. She and her mother Margaret Whitbread, who was also her coach, have been recognised ...

Former javelin world champion Fatima Whitbread has been honoured with the Helen Rollason Award at Sports Personality of the Year 2023. Whitbread, now 62, spent the first 14 years of her life in ...

When Fatima Whitbread got a cockroach stuck up her nose on I’m A Celebrity last week, it was impressive that she managed to get through it without much complaint. She dealt with it like a true Olympic ...

Former I'm A Celebrity contestant Fatima Whitbread, 59, revealed she has had the bug which got stuck up her nose on the show in 2011 preserved and encased in wax as a souvenir Former I’m A Celebrity ...

Former world title-holding javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread had been declared “a legend” by tough instructor Rudy Reyes. At 61, Fatima Whitbread is twice the age of some of her fellow recruits on ...

Fatima Whitbread got a live cockroach lodged in her nose while going head-to-head with Pat Sharp in a Bushtucker Trial on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' It was during the 'Fill Your Face' ...

World javelin champion Fatima Whitbread won her eighth consecutive national title Sunday in Derby, England, but was outshone by Britain`s latest hope, 19-year-old Steve Backley, in the men`s event.

Olympic legend Fatima Whitbread is currently still competing in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here South Africa, and has been winning fans over with her determination and vulnerability.

Fatima Whitbread spent the first 14 years of her life in children's homes and went on to break the javelin world record and win world and European Championship gold This article contains references to ...