Shaun Pickering Explained

Birth Date:14 November 1961
Birth Place:Griffithstown, Monmouthshire
Nationals:UK Athletics Championships 1997
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Updated:2 August 2014

Shaun Pickering (14 November 1961 – 11 May 2023) was a British shot putter who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Pickering won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games representing the team from Wales in Kuala Lumpur and finished 27th at the 1996 Olympics.

Pickering was a member of the Welsh Athletics hall of fame for a career that included winning five Welsh shot put titles, five Welsh discus throw titles, and nine Welsh hammer throw titles.[1] Pickering was the son of Olympian Jean Pickering and Ron Pickering and in 2010 became the heavy throws coach for UK Athletics.[2]

Pickering died on 11 May 2023, at the age of 61.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shaun Pickering. 2 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041304/http://www.welshathletics.org/about-us/our-history/hall-of-fame/shaun-pickering.aspx . 8 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Pickering takes over as heavy throws coach for UK Athletics - insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News . insidethegames.biz . 21 May 2010 . 25 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Shaun Pickering, gentle and generous giant of the athletics world, dies aged 61. 11 May 2023. Jason Henderson. Athletics Weekly. en. 12 May 2023.