Editing Fatima Whitbread (section)

===Rivalry with Tessa Sanderson===
Alan Hubbard wrote in a 1990 article in ''The Observer'' about Whitbread and Sanderson that "their hate-hate relationship has been one of the most enduring in British sport," lasting almost a decade.<ref name="HUBBARD"/> In 2009, Tom Lamont commented in ''[[The Guardian]]'' that "Whitbread and Sanderson were always uneasy rivals and the enmity that developed during their overlapping careers became as famous as their achievements, and seems to survive in their retirement."<ref name="FROZEN">{{cite news |last=Lamont |first=Tom |date=26 July 2009 |title=Frozen in time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/26/whitbread-sanderson-paish-javelin-la-olympics |work=The Guardian  |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713234958/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/26/whitbread-sanderson-paish-javelin-la-olympics |url-status=live }}</ref> Hubbard cited Sanderson's perception that Whitbread received preferential treatment from the British Amateur Athletic Board. The Board's promotions officer, Andy Norman, who had a role in setting British athletes' fees, was a family friend of Whitbread and her mother.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mays |first=Ken|title=Whitbread & Sanderson fall out |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date =1 July 1985 |page=22 }}</ref><ref name="HUBBARD">{{cite news |last=Hubbard |first=Alan|date=28 October 1990|title=Feuds corner: Sanderson v Whitbread |work=The Observer |page=23}}</ref> In 1985, Whitbread often participated in international events but Sanderson took part in only one in the season ending in June 1985. Sanderson claimed that this was because she lacked supporters in the meetings where representatives were determined; she said that "Fatima has Andy Norman looking after her in meetings ... and, of course, her mother, Margaret, is the national event coach".<ref>{{cite news |last=Brasher |first=Christopher |title=Cram shunted aside by flying Scotsman |newspaper=The Observer |date=30 June 1985 |page=39}}</ref> In 1987, Sanderson threatened to boycott six official athletics events, for which she was to be paid £1,000 each by British Athletics compared to Whitbread's £10,000.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 May 1987 |title=Sport in Brief: Sanderson pay bid – Athletics |work=The Times |page=42  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=3 June 1987 |title=Athletics: Sanderson offered improved pay deal |work=The Times |page=54 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news%2F0F90F07D6B4A5570 |via=NewsBank |access-date=14 July 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029215530/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/login?destination=document-view%3Fp%3DAWNB%26docref%3Dnews%2F0F90F07D6B4A5570 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sanderson also objected to the Whitbreads' endorsement of Howland, who competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games after a two-year doping suspension, since Howland was Australian, and Sanderson felt they should have supported British athletes instead.<ref name="HUBBARD" /><ref name="ENGEL90">{{cite news |last=Engel |first=Matthew|date=2 February 1990|title=Coe saves deposit as Sanderson loses her cool |work=The Guardian  |page=20}}</ref>

During their respective careers, Whitbread gained one world and one European title; Sanderson won an Olympic and three Commonwealth golds.<ref name="FIELD">{{cite news |title=Tessa Sanderson on race, rivalry and modelling – Exclusive interview |first=Pippa |last=Field |date=16 August 2019 | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |pages=6–7}}</ref> In all, Sanderson placed higher in 27 of the 45 times that they faced each other in competition, although Whitbread had the better results of the pair from 1984 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uka.org.uk/ba-home-straight/hall-of-fame-athletes/tessa-sanderson/ |title=Tessa Sanderson |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=UK Athletics |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812090039/https://www.uka.org.uk/ba-home-straight/hall-of-fame-athletes/tessa-sanderson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1993, coach Peter Lawler favourably compared Whitbread's technique to Sanderson's, writing in ''IAAF New Studies in Athletics'' that "the alignments of Whitbread and [Mick] Hill are as straight as a cricket text book's bat. Whitbread perfected the turning on to the shaft while Sanderson often sagged through the delivery."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lawler |first=Peter |title=Javelin: Developments in the Technique |journal=Modern Athlete & Coach |year=2016 |orig-date=1996 |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=18–21}}</ref><!--Originally published in IAAF New Studies in Athletics 1993 No. 3, and later in Modern Athlete & Coach Vol. 34 Number 2 (April 1996)-->