Joanna Blair

Blair trained at Luton Athletics Club, and also worked as a sports masseuse.[2] She came second in the javelin event at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, behind Australian Annabel Thomson.[3] Blair competed at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships.[2] She came seventh in the 2010 South of England Championships, with a best throw of 42.20m.[4]

Blair won the javelin event at the 2016 British Athletics Championships, in a personal best distance of 57.44m, more than three metres better than her previous best.[2] It was the seventh best throw ever by a British female javelin thrower.[2] Later in the year, she won the England Athletics Championships with a best throw of 52.63m,[5] and she was named Luton's female sportsperson of the year.[6]

In 2017, she competed at the Nitro Athletics team event in Australia.[2][7] She failed to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London;[2] the qualifying distance was 61.50 metres.[7] She came second at the 2017 trial event for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, and was considered a contender for a place at the Games.[2] Blair competed at the 2017 European Team Championships.[2] It was her first international event for 11 years, and she finished ninth.[8] At the event, she failed an out of competition drugs test, after testing positive for anabolic steroid metandienone.[8] She was suspended by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD).[2] UKAD said they believed she had received a "contaminated supplement",[8] and Blair blamed contaminated creatine that she bought on the internet.[9] In 2018, she was given a backdated four year suspension until July 2021.[8][9]