Meg Ritchie

Olympic athlete

1952 –

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Who is Meg Ritchie?

Margaret Elizabeth Ritchie is a retired Scottish discus thrower. She won the Scottish championships in discus 7 times and in shot put she won 3 Scottish titles. She also won the U.K. championships 4 times in the discus, and three AAA discus titles.

Her personal best throw was 67.48 metres, achieved in April 1981 in Walnut. This is the current NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field and British record. In 1982 she won the NCAA Division 1 Championships shot/discus double in America. Then she won Commonwealth Gold in the Discus in Brisbane.

In the shot put her personal best was 18.99 metres, achieved in May 1983 in Tucson. This is the current NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field record as well as the Scottish national record, and places her third on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes and Myrtle Augee.

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Born
Jul 6, 1952
Kirkcaldy
Nationality
  • United Kingdom

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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