Philippa Roles
Athletics
Discus
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Date of Birth: |
01/03/1978 |
| Lives: |
London |
| Born: |
Neath |
| Country of Birth: |
Wales |
| Height: |
180 |
| Weight: |
98 |
| Club: |
Swansea Harriers |
| Coach: |
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| Occupation: |
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One of a pair of discus throwing sisters, Philippa's Olympic debut came in Athens where she threw 58.83 to place 9th in her qualifying group.
In the 2006 Commonwealth Games she finished 6th with 58.38m.
As a schoolgirl in 1992, Roles won the AAA Under 15 Gold medals in both shot and discus. She performed the same double at Under 17 and Under 20, but later specialised in the discus. She won Under 23 and Senior AAA titles in that event.
Her Welsh Senior international debut came in 1993 at the age of 15, a campaign which saw her win the first of eight Welsh Senior discus titles.
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Commonwealth Games DT 1998 6th, 2002 4th
European Cup DT 2001 8th, 2003 7th
World Juniors DT 1996 16th Q
European U23s DT 1999 4th
European Juniors DT 1995 12th, 1997 3rd
World University Games DT 1999 15th, 2001 6th
National Titles
SP AAA U20 1995-96, AAA U17 1994, AAA U15 1992, AAA U20 Indoor 1995, DT AAA 2002, AAA U23 1999-2000, AAA U20 1997, AAA U17 1994, AAA U15 1992
Personal Bests
SP 15.62 (2003), DT 62.89 (2003), HT 55.09 (1999)Indoors: SP 15.95 (1999)