Myrtle Augee

Myrtle Augee

MBE

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1965-02-04) 4 February 1965 (age 60) Greenwich, Greater London, England
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Cambridge Harriers Bromley Ladies
Medal record Representing   England Women's athletics Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland Shot put 1994 Victoria Shot put 1998 Kuala Lumpur Shot put 1986 Edinburgh Shot put Representing   Great Britain Women's weightlifting World Championships 1994 Istanbul +83 kg Women's powerlifting IPF World Championships 1988 Brussels +90 kg

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, 1999 and 2002. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

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. ^[14]

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.

Augee now works as a custodial manager in a prison.^{[ citation needed ]}

Achievements in athletics

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   England
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

1. "No. 59090". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 12 June 2009. p. 14.
2. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
3. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
4. "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
5. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
6. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
8. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
9. "1998 English Commonwealth Games Athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
10. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
11. "Athletics" . Sunday Express. 31 July 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
13. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
14. UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics

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