Diane Modahl

Quick Facts

Full Name	Diane Modahl
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1966(1966-06-17)
Age	58
Birthplace	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Diane Modahl Biography

Diane Modahl is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on June 17, 1966 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Diane Dolores Modahl (nee Edwards born on the 17th June, 1966) is an English former middle distance runner who was a specialist in the 800m. She was awarded the 800 m award at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Other notable performances at 800 meters include placing 2nd at 1986’s Commonwealth Games, third at the 1989 IAAF Grand Prix Final, fourth at the 1993 World Championships, and winning the European Cup in 1994. She also took home 6 AAAs National 800 m titles and was a representative for Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1988-2000) and made it to the final of the 800 meters in 1988.

In 1993, when she was competing under the name Diane Modahl, she had probably the best year of her professional career. always running under two minutes for the 800m. Her season’s best time was 1:59.00. In 1993, at the World Championships, she ran 1:59.12 in the semi-finals to be able to compete in the final. At the end of the race, which was won by Maria Mutola, she finished fourth in 1:59.42. Modahl was placed among the top ten athletes in the Track & Field News 800m world merit rankings for the second time in 1993. She was again at the number seven spot. She took home five times the AAAs 800m title, and also was the winner of the 800m in the European Cup in Gateshead, beating Patricia Djate of France. At the European Championships in Helsinki, she was eliminated in the semi-finals, clocking 2:02.18.

Modahl and her husband Vicente wrote a book about their experiences, The Diane Modahl Story – Going the Distance, published in 1995. A second updated edition was released in 1996 after Modahl won her case.

The British Athletics Federation lifted Modahl’s ban on 25 July 1995 when they lost the appeal hearing in London. On 25 March 1996 the IAAF congress in South Africa also accepted the evidence and cleared Modahl of the charges. The IAAF general secretary István Gyulai said, “We can no longer trust that the laboratories get it right; we have to test the testers more often.”

In the month of January, 1990, Edwards won the gold medal in the 800m event at the Commonwealth Games, winning in 2:00.25. On July 14, 1990, Edwards broke her English record for the 800m race with 1:58.65 in Oslo the time was to remain the fastest ever of her life. Before that, the record stood at 1:58.98 from Shireen Bailey, in 1987. This was the UK record was held by Scottish birthed Welsh swimmer Kirsty Wade (1:57.42). The month of August saw Edwards was in the final of the 1990 European Championships, finishing eighth. In spite of a lingering injury She was awarded the third AAAs 800m crown in 1992 to qualify to the Barcelona Olympics in Barcelona, where she qualified for the semifinals.

Diane Modahl Net Worth

Diane Modahl is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Diane Modahl 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

born Diane Edwards in Manchester, to Jamaican parents, she was awarded her 1984 English Schools 800 metres title in 2:05.7. She became one of Britain’s best 800m runners when she was just 20 in 1986 and won the AAA Championships title ahead of Lorraine Baker. She was able to take home an Olympic gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 2:01.12 and was second behind Kirsty Wade. In the following month, in the 1985 European Championships, she reached the semi-finals in the 800m race, but fell in 2:00.84.

As of 1987, Edwards was awarded in 1987 the UK Championship 800m title. She also kept the AAAs 800m title in order to gain selection to in 1987’s World Championships, where she reached the semifinals , and ran her personal record of 1:59.34. The following year, Edwards won an invitation to at the Seoul Olympic Games, where she completed 1:59.66 at the quarterfinals and qualified to compete in the final. The final was where she placed eighth with a time of 2:00.77. She had one of her most impressive years of her professional career during 1989. She was among the top performers, finishing in 2:00.83 to place second in the 800-meter race event at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in the third place, just ahead of Ana Quirot and Christine Wachtel. She was ranked as number seven in the 1989 Track & Field News world merit rankings for 800m.

In 1994, after a competition in Lisbon, her urine sample mimicked a positive reading for the performance-enhancing drug testosterone. Falsely accused of a doping offence, she professed her innocence and was later fully exonerated following an appeal. She returned to competition in 1996, and won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Her career best 800 m time of 1:58.65 in 1990, ranks her seventh on the UK all-time list.

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To mark the 17th Commonwealth Games taking place in Manchester in 2002, the Greater Manchester Universities (Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester, Salford University and UMIST) conferred joint honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters on Modahl, Roger Bannister, Clive Lloyd CBE, the Rt Hon Donald McKinnon and Dr Mamphela Ramphele for their great contributions to the Commonwealth.

Facts & Trivia

Diane Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Diane Modahl celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

Modahl is a non-executive board member at NHS Manchester, and was the chief ambassador for StreetGames, a charity for inner-city children between 2008 and

2013. She is also the CEO of the Diane Modahl Sports Foundation, a registered charity founded by her in 2010. DMSF brings athletics coaching opportunities to young people, particularly those living in disadvantaged areas.