Paul Mardle
Personal information | |
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Born | (1962-11-10) 10 November 1962 (age 61)[1] Harrogate, Yorkshire, England[1] |
Occupation | discus thrower |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] |
Weight | 243 lb (110 kg)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Club | WBAC, Wolverhampton |
Paul Stuart Mardle (born 10 November 1962 in Norwich, England) is a male former discus thrower.
Athletics career
Mardle represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished in 20th place in the discus event.[2]
He was twice a representative of England at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 and 1990. He represented England finishing fourth, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] Four years later he represented England finishing fifth, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6][7]
Domestically, he won seven national titles including three AAA titles and six UK Championships.[8][9][10]
Personal life
His son, Matthew Paul Rory Mardle, competed at the Inter Schools Championship in 2009 under Paul's tuition, coming second.
National titles
- UK Championships: 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
- AAA Championships: 1987, 1988, 1989
References
- ^ a b c d profile at sports-reference.com
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ 1990 Commonwealth Results at sporting heroes
- ^ GBR athletics UK results
- ^ GBR Athletics – AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)
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- 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)
- 1946–47: 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: 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