John Giles (athlete)

John Giles (born 9 February 1927 in Edmonton, London) is a British former shot putter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

AAA Championships winners in men's shot put

1876-1914	1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL) 1882: George Ross 1883-84: Owen Harte (IRL) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886-87: James Mitchell (IRL) 1888: George Gray CAN 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891-92: William Barry (IRL) 1893-99: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901-02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904-05: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1906-07: Tom Kirkwood 1908-10: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1911: John Barrett (IRL) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN

1919-1939	1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: John Barrett IRL 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1925: Herb Schwarze USA 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA 1929: József Darányi HUN 1930: Jules Noël FRA 1931: József Darányi HUN 1932: Harry Hart SAF 1933-34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935-36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: Hans Woellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED

1946-1959	1946: Aad de Bruyn NED 1947-48: David Guiney IRL 1949: John Giles 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL 1952-54: John Savidge 1955-56: Barclay Palmer 1957-59: Arthur Rowe

1960-present	1960-61: Arthur Rowe 1962: Jay Silvester USA 1963: Mike Lindsay 1964-65: Vilmos Varjú HUN 1966: Jan Botha RSA 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA 1968-69: Jeff Teale 1970-71: Les Mills NZL 1972-73: Geoff Capes 1974: Al Feuerbach USA 1975-79: Geoff Capes 1980: Brian Oldfield USA 1981-82: Mike Winch 1983: Mike Carter USA 1984: Mike Winch 1985-86: Billy Cole 1987: Paul Edwards 1988-89: Simon Williams 1990-92: Paul Edwards 1993: Matt Simson 1994: Paul Edwards 1995: Mark Proctor 1996: Matt Simson 1997: Steph Hayward 1998-99: Mark Proctor 2000: Steph Hayward 2001-02: Mark Proctor 2003-10: Carl Myerscough

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