Mike Lindsay

British athlete (1938–2019)

Michael Lindsay

Personal information

Nationality| British (Scottish)
Born| 2 November 1938
Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Died| 11 December 2019 (aged 81)
Height| 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight| 113 kg (249 lb)
Sport
Sport| athletics
Event(s)| Discus, Shot put
Club| Queen's Park Harriers

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]

## Biography

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Lindsay attended St Marylebone Grammar School.[4]

Lindsay became the British discus throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1957 AAA Championships[5] and the following year represented Scotland at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

Lindsay regained the AAA discus title in 1959 and retained it in 1960[6] and shortly afterwards at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain in both the shot put and discus throw events.[7]

Lindsay remained one of Britain's leading throwers, not only in the shot put but also in the discus and became the British shot put champion after winning the British AAA title at the 1963 AAA Championships. He placed in the top three in the shot put six times at the AAAs in the 1960s.[8]

Lindsay continued to compete internationally for Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games and made two more appearances in 1962 and 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,[9] the year before he went to his second Olympic Games in Tokyo, representing Great Britain in the shot put.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Olympedia – Mike Lindsay". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
2. ^ Davidson, Jack (1 February 2020). "Obituary: Mike Lindsay, Scotland's greatest shot putter and discus thrower". Retrieved 18 June 2021.
3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Lindsay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
4. ^ Marylebone Mercury Friday 21 February 1964, page 7
5. ^ "AAA Championship results". Weekly Dispatch (London). 14 July 1957. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
7. ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. ^ AAA Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.
9. ^ World Student Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.

## External links

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* Mike Lindsay at Team GB
* Mike Lindsay at Olympedia

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AAA Championships winners in men's discus throw

1876–1939|

* 1876–1913: Not held
* 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN)
* 1915–19: Not held
* 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE)
* 1921: Oscar Zallhagen (SWE)
* 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN)
* 1923: George Mitchell
* 1924–26: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN)
* 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER)
* 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR)
* 1930: Jules Noël (FRA)
* 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN)
* 1932: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN)
* 1934: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
* 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE)
* 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM)
* 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
* 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
* 1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)

1946–59|

* 1946–47: Reindert 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: Fanie du Plessis (SAF)
* 1959: Mike Lindsay

1960–2006|

* 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

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AAA Championships winners in men's shot put

1876–1914|

* 1880: William Winthrop
* 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL)
* 1882: George Ross
* 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL)
* 1885: Donald McKinnon
* 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL)
* 1888: George Gray (CAN)
* 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene
* 1890: R.A. Greene
* 1891–92: William Barry (IRL)
* 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1900: Richard Sheldon USA
* 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA
* 1903: Tom Nicolson
* 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood
* 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1911: James Barrett (IRL)
* 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL)
* 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE
* 1914: Armas Taipale FIN

1919–39|

* 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE
* 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA
* 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE
* 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN
* 1923: James Barrett IRL
* 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods
* 1925: Herb Schwarze USA
* 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods
* 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER
* 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA
* 1929: József Darányi HUN
* 1930: Jules Noël FRA
* 1931: József Darányi HUN
* 1932: Harry Hart SAF
* 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL
* 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED
* 1937: Hans Woellke GER
* 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA
* 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED

1946–59|

* 1946: Aad de Bruyn NED
* 1947–48: David Guiney IRL
* 1949: John Giles
* 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG
* 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL
* 1952–54: John Savidge
* 1955–56: Barclay Palmer
* 1957–59: Arthur Rowe

1960–2006|

* 1960–61: Arthur Rowe
* 1962: Jay Silvester USA
* 1963: Mike Lindsay
* 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN
* 1966: Jan Botha RSA
* 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA
* 1968–69: Jeff Teale
* 1970–71: Les Mills NZL
* 1972–73: Geoff Capes
* 1974: Al Feuerbach USA
* 1975–79: Geoff Capes
* 1980: Brian Oldfield USA
* 1981–82: Mike Winch
* 1983: Mike Carter USA
* 1984: Mike Winch
* 1985–86: Billy Cole
* 1987: Paul Edwards
* 1988–89: Simon Williams
* 1990–92: Paul Edwards
* 1993: Matt Simson
* 1994: Paul Edwards
* 1995: Mark Proctor
* 1996: Matt Simson
* 1997: Steph Hayward
* 1998–99: Mark Proctor
* 2000: Steph Hayward
* 2001–02: Mark Proctor
* 2003–06: Carl Myerscough

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