Clova Court
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Clova E. Court is a retired English
England
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 heptathlete.

She finished sixteenth at the 1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's heptathlon
The heptathlon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on Monday August 26 and Tuesday August 27, 1991.-Medalists:-Schedule:*Monday August 26, 1991*#100 m hurdles*#High Jump*#Shot Put*#200 m...

 with a personal best score of 6022 points, ninth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships
1992 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 22nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Genoa, a city in Italy, in 1992. This was the first indoor championship which was the start of the new two year cycle for the games.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:...

, nineteenth at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 and eighth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...

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She also competed in hurdling
Hurdling
Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...

, and reached the semifinals at the 1993 World Indoor Championships
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and...

 and the 1993 World Championships
1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....

. Her personal best time was 13.04 seconds, achieved at the 1994 European Championships
1994 European Championships in Athletics
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 in Helsinki
Helsinki
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. She made the final at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...

, but did not finish the race.

In all Court competed in 12 Major Games,on two occasions doubling up in both the Heptathlon and 100m hurdles,and Five European cups - winning one in 1993

Amazingly her first international vest as an individual was at the age of 30,she went on to make 57 appearances for her country[GB/England]including making the British team over 100m hurdles at the age of 41

Court's sister is TV chef and all-round superstar, Rustie Lee
Rustie Lee
Rustie Lee is a television chef and actress in the United Kingdom, most famous for her appearances in the 1980s on morning station, TV-am. She was born in Jamaica, but moved to Birmingham with her family as a child. Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from...

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Court is a member of a very select group of former Olympians who Has captained a British Team, and then gone on to also Manage and Coach a British Team

Court has represented Great Britain at international level in a number of different disciplines -
Heptathlon,100M Hurdles,200m,Javelin,Long Jump & the sprint relay team
Plus indoor 60m Hurdles & Pentathlon,& 4x200m relay team

Clova has won
Five UK [AAA] Heptathlon titles [a record]
Three UK [AAA] Sprint hurdle titles
and a further six British Athletics and Inter Counties Championships
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