Jenny Meadows
Jennifer Brenda "
Jenny"
Meadows (born 17 April 1981) is a retired British
athlete. Her main event was the
800 metres although earlier in her career she also competed over the
400 metres. In the 800 m she won a bronze medal at the
2009 World Championships, and a silver at the
2010 World Indoor Championships. At the European Athletics Championships, Meadows took silver outdoors in
2010 and gold indoors in
2011. She also had some international success as part of the Great Britain women's
4 × 400 metres relay squad.
Meadows was the
2011 Diamond League 800 m winner. In 2009, she was the third-fastest British woman over the distance, and was the eighth-fastest as of 2022. She was multiple British national champion. Meadows, along with other athletes such as
Caster Semenya and
Alysia Montano, has been noted in the press as one of a number of athletes who were repeatedly denied major international medals by doping competitors, particularly from
Russia.
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