About Barbara Joscelyne
Born 1959. Barbara Joscelyne is a British athletics competitor.
Barbara Roach (née Joscelyne, born 9 May 1959) is a British Paralympian athlete. In the 1980 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the E category 100m, 400 metres, and long jump. In 1984, competing in the A6 category, she won the gold medal in discus and a silver medal for the 100m and shot put.
She married Roy Roach in 1990 and went on to having three children: Katharine, Helen and Patrick.
She currently works at the Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
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Who is Barbara Joscelyne?
British athlete
When was Barbara Joscelyne born?
Barbara Joscelyne was born on 9 May 1959 in Bishop's Stortford.
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Barbara Joscelyne is an athletics competitor.
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Barbara Joscelyne is British.
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