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
References
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- ↑ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
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