Jannette Roscoe
Jannette Veronica Roscoe (née Champion; born 10 June 1946) is a female British sprinter. Early life She grew up in Hale, Greater Manchester, when in Cheshire. Teaching career In June 1970 she taught at Weaverham Secondary School. After marriage she lived at 102 Leicester Road in Fleckney in Leicestershire. Both her and her husband were teachers, where they drank 49 pints of milk a week - one pint at each meal, on a diet with lots of meat and cheese. She ate one pound of meat each day. Their food cost £8 a week. But Kraft Foods had sponsored the Olympic team, giving £2 of cheese a week to the 139 athletes. The couple found it difficult to afford their food each week. She trained 10 hours a week at Saffron Lane sports ground, and he trained 10 hours a week. At the weekend they trained at Loughborough, and in Charnwood Forest. If they lived in Germany, as an A-class athlete, she would receive £100 a month funding, and as a B-class athlete, he would receive £70 a month. She taught PE at Countesthorpe College. The village parish council offered to fund their food. By 1977 she was teaching PE at Trent Polytechnic, and by 1978 she was at Widnes. She taught Widnes Sixth Form College, now Riverside College, Widnes. Athletics career Roscoe competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She also represented England in the 400 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later she won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay with Ruth Kennedy, Sue Pettett and Verona Bernard, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Personal life She married on 19 August 1970 at Altrincham, shortly after the Commonwealth games, when both were 24. Dennis Roscoe, a discus athlete, was from Woodland Avenue, Widnes Cheshire. She was born with two sets of six toes. References 1946 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games British female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Royal Tunbridge Wells Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Olympic female sprinters Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games