Myrtle Augee
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1965 Greenwich, Greater London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cambridge Harriers, Bexleyheath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee (born 4 February 1965 in Greenwich, Greater London) is a female retired English shot putter. Augee now works as a custodial manager in a prison and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Augee represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]
She competed at four Commonwealth Games and won a medal on all four occasions. Representing England in 1986 she won a bronze medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6] This was followed by a silver medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[7][8] The final appearance was when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9][10]
Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff placing her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes.[11] She was also a World Champion in powerlifting, and a World Championship medalist in weightlifting. She was the last British lifter to win an overall weightlifting medal until Sarah Davies won silver in 2021.
Achievements in athletics
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 12 June 2009. p. 14.
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1998 English Commonwealth Games Athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
Commonwealth Games champions in women's shot put | |
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Female powerlifters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- English female weightlifters
- English female shot putters
- British female shot putters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Members of the Order of the British Empire