GLEADLE Elizabeth

Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VANCOUVER, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (60.28)
2012	London, GBR	11th (58.78)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (60.17)
2017	London, GBR	12th (60.12)
2015	Beijing, CHN	11th (59.82)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (63.30)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2021	1 x 5th
2019	1 x 8th, 1 x 10th
2018	1 x 5th, 1 x 8th
2017	2 x 4th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 9th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2017	Javelin Throw	Rabat, MAR	60.43
4	2017	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	64.47
5	2021	Javelin Throw	Monaco, MON	58.40
5	2018	Javelin Throw	Shanghai, CHN	61.53
8	2019	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	58.76
8	2018	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	55.93
8	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	59.06
9	2017	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	54.17
10	2019	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	58.38

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	61.90

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	63.40
1	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	60.79
2	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	63.77
3	2018	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	61.06

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Motivational Speaker

Health Science, Kinesiology - University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, French

Vancouver Thunderbirds [Canada]

Laurier Primeau

Her 2017 season ended after the 2017 World Championships in London, England, as she was struggling with tendinitis in her throwing arm. (olympic.ca, 13 Aug 2017)

A back injury meant that she was unable to compete for most of 2013. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015; canadianathletesnow.ca, 26 Jul 2015)

In January 2012 she suffered a right leg injury during training when a hammer thrown by another athlete snapped off its wire and hit her. She needed two months to fully recover. (womenfitness.net, 08 Mar 2016; yahoo.com, 30 Jun 2012)

In 2011 she missed two months of training as a result of a lower back injury caused by her throwing technique. (womenfitness.net, 08 Mar 2016; lgjavelin.blogspot.com, 22 Feb 2013)

In 2010 she suffered an elbow injury. (womenfitness.net, 08 Mar 2016)

In 2007 she suffered from Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis and bursitis in her left foot. (lgjavelin.blogspot.com, 22 Feb 2013)

She missed the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, because of an elbow injury. (womenfitness.net, 08 Mar 2016)

She first tried the javelin in grade eight at Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2015; lizgleadle.com, 01 Jul 2015)

A teacher recommended that she take up the sport because of her physique. (montecristomagazine.com, 07 Oct 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After she retires from athletics, she hopes to study for a graduate degree. (Instagram profile, 24 Nov 2020; bcathletics.org, 08 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"A goal is just a dream with a plan." (olympic.ca, 13 Aug 2017)

In 2014 she received the Senior Female Athlete award from Lethbridge Sport Council in Alberta, Canada. (uleth.ca, 10 Apr 2015)

She was presented with the 2011 May Brown Trophy, given to the outstanding graduating female athlete at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She shared the award with volleyball player Jen Hinze. (gothunderbirds.ca, 01 Jan 2016)

She received the 2005 Myrtle Cook Award, given to the youth athlete of the year by Athletics Canada. (womenfitness.net, 08 Mar 2016)

General Interest

General
JAVELIN HOLDER
Alongside her sponsor, Canadian company Javelin Technologies, she designed a protective javelin holder and ran a crowdfunding campaign in order to make the product available to other athletes in 2018. "I'd arrive at a training camp or competition only to find my expensive javelins - my livelihood - had been mishandled or damaged in some way. I cringe when I hear them rattling in the tube, or when they've been stored in a compromised way. So, after some brainstorming over dinner, we had a napkin drawing of the first SpearSafe prototype. Although initially designed for personal use, other athletes noticed it and kept asking me where they could get one." (indiegogo.com, 12 Aug 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has written articles for BC [British Columbia] Athletics and Javelin Technologies in Canada and has done motivational speaking engagements. She has also worked as a high-performance athletes' consultant, and has been head javelin coach at the Vancouver Thunderbirds club in British Columbia, Canada. (bcathletics.org, 08 Apr 2020; athletetransitions.ca, 20 Jul 2020; javelin-tech.com, 24 Jan 2017; thunderbirdstrack.org, 01 Jan 2021; olympic.org, 16 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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