Mike Lindsay Explained

Michael Lindsay
Birth Date:1938 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland[1]
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Sport:Men's athletics
Event:Discus, Shot put
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Michael Robert Lindsay (2 November 1938 – 11 December 2019)[2] was a British track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put disciplines. He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Early life

He attended St Marylebone Grammar School.[4]

Career

He was a three-time winner of the discus (1957, 1959, 1960) at the AAA Championships and also won the shot put title at the event in 1963. He placed in the top three in the shot put six times at the AAAs in the 1960s.[5]

Lindsay also competed internationally for Scotland as a three-time participant at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1970. His best performance was a silver medal double at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[3]

He was also a double throws runner-up for Great Britain at the 1963 Summer Universiade.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympedia – Mike Lindsay . www.olympedia.org . 17 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Obituary: Mike Lindsay, Scotland’s greatest shot putter and discus thrower. 1 February 2020. Davidson, Jack. 18 June 2021.
  3. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/mike-lindsay-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/mike-lindsay-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 May 2012.
  4. Marylebone Mercury Friday 21 February 1964, page 7
  5. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm AAA Championships (Men)
  6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsgm.htm World Student Games