Meg Ritchie

Margaret ("Meg") Elizabeth Ritchie (born 6 July 1952 in Kirkcaldy, Fife) 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.[1] 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.[1]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  United Kingdom and  Scotland
1978 Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 8th Shot put
4th Discus throw[2]
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, USSR 9th Discus throw [3]
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 1st Discus throw [4]
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th Discus throw
16th Shot put
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 5th Discus throw [5]

Currently

Ritchie is married to Dr. Michael H. Stone. She is the Director of East Tennessee State University Sports Performance Enhancement Consortium (SPEC), the Director of the Center of Excellence for Coach Education, and Assistant Coach for Men's and Women's Track and Field at ETSU (Throws). Under her tutelage, the male throwers from ETSU have proceeded to break the indoor shot, discus, hammer, 35 lb weight, and outdoor shot school records. The women have set new records in the 20 lb weight throw and the hammer throw.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
  2. ↑ 1978 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
  3. ↑ Women Discus Throw Olympic Games Moscow 1980
  4. ↑ 1982 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
  5. ↑ Women Discus Throw Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984