Jane Haist

Personal information
Born	(1949-03-01)March 1, 1949 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 21, 2022(2022-05-21) (aged 73) Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	shot put/discus throw
Club	Thornhill
Medal record Women'sAthletics Representing Canada Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Discus Throw 1974 Christchurch Shot Put Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Discus Throw

Jane Haist (March 1, 1949 – May 21, 2022) was a Canadiandiscus thrower andshot putter, who competed at the1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Haist is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the1974 Commonwealth Games in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event. Later that year, Haist won the BritishWAAA Championships titles in the shot put and discus throw events at the1974 WAAA Championships.^[2][3][4]

She was national U.S. collegiate champion in the discus representing theUniversity of Tennessee in 1977.^[5]

She died on May 21, 2022, of cancer.^[6]

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