Mike Lindsay

Michael Lindsay

Personal information
Born	(1938-11-02) 2 November 1938 (age 86) Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Sport
Country	Great Britain  Scotland
Sport	Men's athletics
Event(s)	Discus, Shot put
Medal record Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth Discus 1962 Perth Shot put Representing  Great Britain Summer Universiade 1963 Porto Alegre Discus 1963 Porto Alegre Shot put

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]

He attended St Marylebone Grammar School.^[4]

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]

• Mike Lindsay at Olympedia
• Mike Lindsay at Team GB