Doral Pilling

Pilling was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.^[2]

In 1927, Pilling became the NCAA champion in the javelin throw with 199' 8", representing the University of Utah.^[3][4]

In the 1928 Summer Olympics, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Pilling finished twelfth in the men's javelin throw event, where he threw 59.16 m.^{[5][6][1][7][non-primary source needed]}

After the Amsterdam Olympics Pilling attended the Tailteann Games and shattered the Irish record for the javelin thrown and won the event.^[7]

Back in Canada, he was feted and there were events for him in Vulcan and Calgary, among other places.^[7]

Pilling threw his personal best of 212 ft. 5 in. (64.74m) in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, on August 20, 1928, shortly after the Olympics (May 17 through August 12, 1928) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.^[8]

At the 1930 British Empire Games (now is known as the Commonwealth Games), Pilling won the silver medal in the javelin throw competition with a distance of 183 ft. 6 in. (55.93 m).^[5][6][1]

In the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Pilling "did not start" (DNS).^[1] Probably a combination of the Great Depression, the Anglo-Irish trade war and the 1932 Tailteann Games, where many Olympic athletes from Ireland or abroad could not be present, for the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Pilling was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.^[9]