James Henry Duncan (September 25, 1887 – January 21, 1955) was an American discus thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics. During World...
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Tennessee Sir James Duncan, 1st Baronet (1899–1974), British politician James Duncan (discus thrower) (1887–1955), American athlete James Duncan (football...
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men's discus was recognised by the International Association of Amateur Athletics (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, in 1912, and was set by James Duncan...
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The discus throw is one of four track and field throwing events held at the Summer Olympics. The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics...
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Finland, the nation's first medal in the men's discus throw. Richard Byrd took silver and James Duncan took bronze to continue the United States' podium...
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the end of one arm. Thus, a good discus thrower needs to maintain balance within the circle. For a right handed thrower, the next stage is to move the weight...
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2022) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the discus throw. He set a world record at 69.08 meters in 1975, and his personal best...
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athletics programme since 1900, becoming the third Olympic throws event after the shot put and discus throw. The women's event was a much later addition, being...
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Les Mills (category New Zealand male discus throwers)
competing in the shot put and discus throw. He won a total of five medals at the Commonwealth Games including gold in the discus at the 1966 Games. Mills opened...
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Beatrice Faumuina (category New Zealand female discus throwers)
(born 23 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand discus thrower. Faumuina was a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics...
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Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the discus three times with his right hand and three...
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shot put, and 100 yards. Consisted of long jump, javelin throw, 200 metres, discus throw, and 1500 metres. Sport of athletics portal Athletics at the...
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Mac Wilkins (category American male discus throwers)
November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High...
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Hawkins Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles July 12 Bronze James Duncan Athletics Men's discus throw July 12 Bronze Edward Lindberg Athletics Men's 400 m...
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Emil Muller (athlete) (category American discus thrower stubs)
the two handed discus throw competition, just behind fellow Irish American Athletic Club member and US Olympic team mate James Duncan, who won the bronze...
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teacher, author Mason Finley (born 1990), American shot putter and discus thrower Matt Finley (born 1951), American flugelhorn player and composer of...
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August...
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Rankin (born 1960), Scottish novelist Ian Reed (1927–2020), Australian discus thrower Ian Reid (disambiguation), multiple people Ian Richards (disambiguation)...
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experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot put, discus, and javelin. Cross-country...
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Maggie Ewen (category American female hammer throwers)
earned bronze medal in the discus in Toronto at 2018 NACAC Championships and 66.24 m (217 ft 4 in) in the women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships...
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also the only edition to feature two-handed throws (shot, discus and javelin), in which athlete would throw three times with one hand and three with the...
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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July...
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Lynne Winbigler (category American discus thrower stubs)
March 21, 1953) is an American athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans,...
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meter race; Matt McGrath, gold, hammer throw, Alvah Meyer, silver, 100 meter race, and Jim Duncan, discus throw, bronze. The other IAAC members of the...
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Carl's gang members causing James and James Jr. to blame him. James Lucas - The father of Luke Cage. Heather Rand - Heather Duncan was a young wealthy socialite...
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father, Walter, is a former discus thrower and national shot-put champion, and his mother, Nerida, is a former discus thrower. He attended Takapuna Grammar...
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News, 1 November 1995 Mackay, Duncan (20 January 2001) Walker aims to put the demons behind him. The Guardian "Uzbek thrower fails test". BBC News. 20 August...
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New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2021. Nina Ponomareva, a champion discus thrower who earned the Soviet Union its first Olympic gold medal when she competed...
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Valerie Adams (category New Zealand female hammer throwers)
paralympic champion shot-putter and discus thrower who has cerebral palsy. Adams was married to Bertrand Vili, a discus thrower from New Caledonia. They used...
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Jay Silvester (category American male discus throwers)
Discus Throw, and is the current holder of the M70 Masters American Records for the Discus Throw. Silvester won gold medals for the M45 Discus Throw at...
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