About 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. Meadows was part of the England team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event with Helen Frost, Melanie Purkiss, Lisa Miller and Helen Karagounis. This was Meadows' first season, when she ran under 2 minutes and she did it both indoors and outdoors. On 21 June 2008, in Annecy, Meadows achieved her first European Cup victory over the 800 m.
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