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Philippa Roles
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Philippa Roles

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Philippa Kate Roles (born 1 March 1978) is a Welsh discus thrower.
Born in Neath, she studied at Neath Port Talbot College and is resident in London. Roles works for the train operating company Southern as a train driver on the London Metro services servicing South London. She represents Swansea Harriers at club level.
Her personal best throw is 62.89 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Loughborough. This places her third on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie and Venissa Head.
On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Philippa appeared as Jonny Saunder's guest in the feature "Who's in the Locker, Cocker?" on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show.
She is 5 ft 10 inches tall and weighs 88 kg.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  Wales
1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary12th44.84 m
1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia16th (q)46.48 m
1997European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia3rd50.62 m
1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia6th54.10 m
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain15th (q)54.82 m
European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4th55.37 m
2001UniversiadeBeijing, China6th55.02 m
2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom4th57.65 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece18th (q)58.83 m
2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia6th58.38 m
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China27th (q)57.44 m
2010Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India4th57.99 m

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