Myrtle Augee

Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee is a female English retired shot putter who competed at two Olympic Games. Augee was appointed a Member of the Order of the [British Empire] in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

Biography

Augee represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.
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. Four years later she represented England at the [1990 Commonwealth Games|England] and won a gold medal, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. This was followed by a silver medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The final appearance was when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Augee was a five-times WAAA Championships/AAA Championships champion winning the British shot put title in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999 and 2002.
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.
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.