Myrtle Augee

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Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee (born 4 February 1965) is a female English retired shot putter who competed at two Olympic Games. Augee was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[1]

Biography

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]

Augee was a five-times WAAA Championships/AAA Championships champion winning the British shot put title in 1989, 1992, 1993,[11] 1999 and 2002.[12][13][14][15]

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.[16]

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.

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Achievements in athletics

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1986 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 9th 17.24 m
Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 3rd 17.52 m
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 17th 16.37 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 7th 17.67 m
World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 10th 17.85 m
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 17th (q) 17.31 m
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 7th 17.17 m
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 1st 18.48 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 9th 17.77 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 15th (q) 17.80 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 14th (q) 16.53 m
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 23rd (q) 16.06 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th (q) 16.77 m
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 17.64 m
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd 17.16 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 5th 16.05 m

References

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  16. UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics

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