Laurie Bryce

Laurie Bryce

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(1943-01-25) 25 January 1943 (age 82)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Edinburgh University AC

Lawrence "Laurie" Millar Bryce (born 25 January 1943) is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Bryce studied at the University of Edinburgh and was a member of their athletics club. ^[1]

Bryce represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team ^[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, ^[3] participating in one event, the hammer throw event. ^[4]

He won five consecutive hammer throw titles at the Scottish AAA Championships from 1965 to 1969. ^[5]

Bryce went on to compete for Scoptland at two more Commonwealth Games; finishing fourth in the hammer throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and eighth in the hammer event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. ^[6]

His son is Colin Bryce, a Winter Olympian and world's strongest man presenter. ^[7]

References

1. "Davies on 9 min. but still second" . Birmingham Daily Post. 25 May 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team" . The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
4. "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. "Scottish Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
6. "The Honest Truth: World's Strongest Man gets bigger every year". The Sunday Post. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
7. "Games contender Bryce lives up to the family name". The Herald. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2025.