Joanna Stone
Appearance
Joanna "Jo" Stone-Nixon (born 4 October 1972 in London, England) is a retired javelin thrower, who represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. Stone was the appellant in an important High Court of Australia case on taxation law, Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Stone (2005) 59 ATR 50.
Stone-Nixon is now mother of two children, Ella Jane Nixon and James Edward Nixon. Her sporting career ended in early 2001, after her performance in the Sydney Olympic games in 2000, with a final throw of 54.34 metres.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Australia | ||||
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 4th | 57.60 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | 63.74 m |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 16th | 58.54 m |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 68.64 m |
1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | DNS | |
IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 69.85 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 17th | 58.34 m |
References
[edit]- Joanna Stone-Nixon at Australian Athletics Historical Results
External links
[edit]- Joanna Stone at World Athletics
- Joanna Nixon at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Joanna Stone at Olympics.com
- Jo Stone at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Joanna Stone at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Australian female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes from London
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Australian athletics biography stubs