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List Of British Champions In Discus
The British discus athletics champions covers three competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1914-2006) and the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Past winners * NBA = No British athlete in medal placings * nc = not contested * + = UK Championships References {{Reflist discus British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... British Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Athletics Championships
The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics. The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for major events in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete, including the Olympic Games, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. Only British athletes may formally compete, though in some circumstances British club-affiliated foreign athletes may take part as guests. The event was established in 2007, replacing the AAA Championships as the principal event on the domestic sport of athletics, athletics calendar in the United Kingdom. A previous event, the UK Athletics Championships had nominally been the national championship, but in effect took second billing to the "triple A's". The creation of the British Athletics Championships as the main national championship and selection event, brought t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nesbitt (athlete)
James Nesbitt (22 September 1913 – October 1992) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1913 births 1992 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics British male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Place of birth missing {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Carr (athlete)
Gerald Anthony Carr (1 February 1936 – 3 November 2019) was a British athlete. Athletics career Carr competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ..., Wales. References External links * 1936 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics British male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{UK-athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Needham
Sylvia J Needham (born 28 March 1935) is a female former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career She represented England in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ... in Cardiff, Wales. References 1935 births English female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England Sportspeople from London {{UK-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lindsay
Michael Robert Lindsay (2 November 1938 – 11 December 2019) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put disciplines. He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was a three-time winner of the discus (1957, 1959, 1960) at the AAA Championships and also won the shot put title at the event in 1963. He placed in the top three in the shot put six times at the AAAs in the 1960s. Lindsay also competed internationally for Scotland as a three-time participant at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1970. His best performance was a silver medal double at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. The .... He was also a double throws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Giri
Maya Giri (born 1929), is a former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career She represented England in the discus at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ... in Cardiff, Wales. References 1929 births English female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Possibly living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{UK-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Allday
Suzanne Allday-Goodison (26 November 1934 – 26 July 2017) was an English female discus thrower and shot putter. She was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Athletics career She represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1952, 1956 and 1960. She married hammer thrower Peter Allday, and was affiliated with the Brighton Ladies Athletic Club and the Spartan Ladies Athletic Club during her career. In 1954 she won the first of four medals for England at the Commonwealth Games. The first was a silver medal in the discus at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. She represented England at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff winning a gold medal in the discus and a silver medal in the shot put. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the shot put at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Ocean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Pharaoh
Mark Pharaoh (18 July 1931 – 27 April 2020) was a track and field athlete, who competed in the discus throw at both the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where he came fourth. This has been described as by far the finest single achievement in British discus history.UK ALL-TIME RANKINGS ''Top spot for Capes and Tancred'', MEL WATMAN rates the top British shot and discus throwers of all time, according to championship and record performances He was also an international and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Smith (discus Thrower)
Joyce Esther Smith (née Byatt, born 26 October 1937) is a British former long-distance runner. She broke the world record in the 3000 metres in 1971 and is a three-time medallist at the International/World Cross Country Championships, including winning in 1972. She went on to twice win the London Marathon, becoming the first British woman in history to run under 2:30 when winning in 1981 with 2:29:57, before further improving the British record to 2:29:43 when winning in 1982. She also competed in the 1500 metres at the 1972 Munich Olympics and finished 11th in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, aged 46. Biography Smith was born in Stoke Newington, London, and began running competitively in the 1950s, at which time the longest distance for women in international competitions was 800 metres. She won the English National Crosscountry Championship (AAA) in 1959 and 1960. In 1965, she told ''Athletics Weekly'' that she intended to continue competing "for two more y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Duguid
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Jack Brewer (athlete)
Jack Brewer (21 October 1914 – 16 July 1993) was a British athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1914 births 1993 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics British male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Macclesfield {{UK-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Lucas (athlete)
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