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 also won three AAA's 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

Meg is married to Dr. Michael H. Stone. She is currently 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. Meg has three dogs, Molly, Hunter, and Angus.

References

• IAAF profile for Meg Ritchie
• Profile at Sporting Heroes
• sports-reference

1. ^ ^{a b} 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

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Name	Ritchie, Meg
Alternative names
Short description	British athlete
Date of birth	6 July 1952
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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