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Meg Ritchie

Meg Stone
née Ritchie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born6 July 1952
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventdiscus throw
ClubEdinburgh Southern Harriers

Margaret "Meg" Elizabeth Stone (née Ritchie, born 6 July 1952) is a retired Scottish discus thrower and Shot putter. She reached the Olympic finals at discus in Moscow 1980 (9th) and Los Angeles 1984 (5th). She also won the 1982 Commonwealth Games title. Her discus best of 67.48 metres has stood as the British record since 1981, while her shot put best of 18.99 metres has stood as the Scottish record since 1983.

Athletics career

Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Ritchie won the Scottish championships in discus seven times and in shot put she won three Scottish titles. She also won the UK Championships four times in the discus, and three AAA discus titles. Her personal best throw was 67.48 m (221 ft 4+12 in), achieved in April 1981 in Walnut. This is the current NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field and British record.[1]

Ritchie finished second behind fellow Scot Rosemary Payne in the discus event at the 1973 WAAA Championships.[2][3] Two years later she became the British discus champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1975 WAAA Championships[4] and successfully regained the title at the 1977 WAAA Championships and the 1981 WAAA Championships.[5]

Representing the Arizona Wildcats track and field team, in 1982 she won the NCAA Division 1 Championships shot/discus double in America.[6] Later that same year she won the discus gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.

In the shot put her personal best was 18.99 m (62 ft 3+12 in), achieved in May 1983 in Tucson. This is the current Scottish national record

Personal life

Ritchie is married to Dr. Michael H. Stone. She is 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.[citation needed]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  Scotland
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 13th Discus throw
Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 8th Shot put
4th Discus throw [7]
1979 European Cup Turin, Italy 5th Discus throw
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, USSR 9th Discus throw [8]
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 1st Discus throw [9]
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th Discus throw
16th Shot put
European Cup London, United Kingdom 5th Discus throw
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 5th Discus throw [10]

References

  1. ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
  2. ^ "Athletic Results". Sunday Mirror. 22 July 1973. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Crystal Palace Results". Sunday Express. 22 July 1973. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Meg Ritchie HOF". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  7. ^ 1978 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Sporting Heroes
  8. ^ Women Discus Throw Olympic Games Moscow 1980
  9. ^ 1982 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results - Sporting Heroes
  10. ^ Women Discus Throw Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984