Jacqueline Lena McKernan (born 1 July 1965)Sports-Reference profile is a retired Northern Irish discus thrower. She represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at three Olympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996) and won silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 and the Universiade in 1993.
Biography Born in Belfast, McKernan was a member of the City of Lisburn Athletics Club. McKernan became the British discus throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1988 AAA Championships. It was the first of her six AAA titles, the others coming in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1997.
She finished 18th in qualifying at the 1988 Summer Olympics, before going on to win a silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games representing Northern Ireland, with a throw of 54.86 metres. She then finished 28th in qualifying at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
McKernan's personal best throw is 60.72 metres, achieved when winning the silver medal at the Summer Universiade on 17 July 1993 in Buffalo. This is the Northern Irish record, and places her sixth on the UK all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Jade Lally, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles and Shelley Newman.UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics She finished 20th in the qualifying round at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with 58.88 metres (her best throw at an Olympics).
International competitions Representing and 1986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, United Kingdom8thShot put11.77 m9thDiscus throw49.08 m1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea18th (q)Discus throw50.92 m1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand 2ndDiscus throw54.86 mEuropean ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia16th (q)Discus throw48.12 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan21st (q)Discus throw55.64 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain28th (q)Discus throw51.94 m1993UniversiadeBuffalo, United States 2ndDiscus throw60.72 m (PB)World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany25th (q)Discus throw56.14 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th (q)Discus throw57.56 mCommonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada5thDiscus throw54.86 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden16th (q)Discus throw54.78 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States20th (q)Discus throw58.88 m1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia5thDiscus throw55.16 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom10thDiscus throw50.45 m
National titles 6 AAA Championships (1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997) 5 UK Championships (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
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