- Mark Pharaoh
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Mark Pharaoh Born July 18, 1931 [1] Occupation Athlete Competition record Discus Competitor for 
United KingdomOlympic Games Qualified 1952 Summer Olympic Games 4th 1956 Summer Olympic Games World Student Games[2] Gold 1953 World Student Games Competitor for 
EnglandCommonwealth Games Bronze 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games British National Championships (AAA) 1st 1952 1st 1953 1st 1955 1st 1956 Shot put Competitor for EnglandCommonwealth Games 5th 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Competitor for United KingdomWorld Student Games[2] Silver 1953 World Student Games Hammer throw Competitor for United KingdomWorld Student Games[2] Silver 1953 World Student Games Mark Pharaoh (born July 18, 1931)[1]) is a former athlete, who competed in the discus at both the 1952 Helsinki Olympics[3] and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where he came fourth. This has been described as by far the finest single achievement in British discus history.[4] He was also an international shot put and hammer thrower.
Biography
Mark Pharoah was born 18 July 1931 and as a youth attended Manchester Grammar Schoolwhere he excelled at sport and was an active member of the Gannet patrol of Troop 4 of the school's scouts. He went on to study at Manchester University.[1] Having competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and having won the British 3A's on four occasions[5] he competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He came fourth, setting a UK record of 54.27m in the process and missing the bronze medal by just 13 cm.[4] Mark also represented Walton Athletic Club in Walton-on-Thames[6]
References
- ^ a b c Profile at sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c British Medallists at the WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE)
- ^ Profile at British Olympic Association
- ^ a b UK ALL-TIME RANKINGS Top spot for Capes and Tancred, MEL WATMAN rates the top British shot and discus throwers of all time, according to championship and record performances
- ^ GBR Athletics - AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)
- ^ Walton AC at the Commonwealth Games
1876-1914 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN) •1919-1939 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE) • 1921: Edvin Zallhagen (SWE) • 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN) • 1923: George Mitchell • 1924-26: Patrick Bermingham (IRL) • 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN) • 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER) • 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR) • 1930: Jules Noël (FRA) • 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN) • 1932: Patrick Bermingham (IRL) • 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN) • 1934: Patrick Bermingham (IRL) • 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE) • 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM) • 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE) • 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA) •
1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE) •1946-1959 1946-47: Jan Brasser (NED) • 1948: Cummin Clancy (IRL) • 1949: Ferenc Klics (HUN) • 1950: Raymond Kintziger (BEL) • 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) • 1952-53: Mark Pharaoh • 1954: Ferenc Klics (HUN) • 1955-56: Mark Pharaoh • 1957: Mike Lindsay • 1958: Stephanus du Plessis (SAF) •
1959: Mike Lindsay •1960-present 1960: Mike Lindsay • 1961: Elfranco Malan (RSA) • 1962: Jay Silvester (USA) • 1963: Dave Weill (USA) • 1964: Roy Hollingsworth • 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) • 1966-70: Bill Tancred • 1971: Les Mills (NZL) • 1972-73: Bill Tancred • 1974: John Powell (USA) • 1975: John van Reenen (RSA) • 1976: John Powell (USA) • 1977-78: Pete Tancred • 1979: John Powell (USA) • 1980: Brian Oldfield (USA) • 1981: John Powell (USA) • 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH) • 1983-84: Robert Weir • 1985: Juan Martínez (CUB) • 1986: Richard Slaney • 1987-89: Paul Mardle • 1990: Abi Ekoku • 1991-92: Werner Reiterer (AUS) • 1993: Robert Weir • 1994: Kevin Brown • 1995: Nick Sweeney (IRL) • 1996-2000: Robert Weir • 2001: Glen Smith • 2002: Robert Weir • 2003-04: Emeka Udechuku • 2005-06: Carl Myerscough • 2007-09: Emeka Udechuku • 2010: Brett Morse
Categories:- 1931 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- English athletes
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