Myrtle Augee

Augee represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2]

She competed at four Commonwealth Games and won a medal on all four occasions. Representing England in 1986 she won a bronze medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3][4] Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.^[5][6] This was followed by a silver medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.^[7][8] The final appearance was when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[9][10]

Augee was a five-times WAAA Championships/AAA Championships champion winning the British shot put title in 1989, 1992, 1993,^[11] 1999 and 2002.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff, placing her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes.^[16]

She was also a World Champion in powerlifting, and a World Championship medalist in weightlifting. She was the last British lifter to win an overall weightlifting medal until Sarah Davies won silver in 2021.

Augee now works as a custodial manager in a prison.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	9th	17.24 m
	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	3rd	17.52 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	17th	16.37 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	7th	17.67 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	10th	17.85 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	17th (q)	17.31 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	7th	17.17 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	1st	18.48 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	9th	17.77 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	15th (q)	17.80 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	16.53 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	23rd (q)	16.06 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (q)	16.77 m
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	17.64 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd	17.16 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	5th	16.05 m

• sports-reference
• Myrtle Augee at World Athletics