Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Birth name | Doral William Pilling | |||||||||||
Born | 14 January 1906 Cardston, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||
Died | 24 December 1982 76) Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (aged|||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1] | |||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) [1] | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Country | Team Canada | |||||||||||
Sport | Track and field / Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 64.74 m (212 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Doral William Pilling (14 January 1906 – 24 December 1982) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Early years
College years
In 1927, Pilling became the NCAA champion in the javelin throw with 199' 8", representing the University of Utah.[3][4]
1928 Olympic Games
In the 1928 Summer Olympics, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Pilling finished twelfth in the Men's javelin throw event, where he threw 59.16 m. [5][6][1][7]
International and Canadian competitions
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 20th, 1928, shortly after the Olympics (May 17th through August 12th, 1928) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[8]
1930 British Empire Games
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]
1932 Olympic Games and Tailteann Games
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.
Personal life
Pilling was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[9]
Later years
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Olympedia - Doral Pilling". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- ↑ "Doral Pilling - Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website". Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Ags' Enyeart Becomes Rarity With NCAA Win", Salt Lake Tribune, 20 March 1975 p.104
- 1 2 3 "Doral Pilling Bio, Stats and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 Apr 2020. Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- 1 2 "Doral W. Pilling Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". olympics.com. Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- 1 2 3 Lethbridge Historical Society (5 Dec 2020). "Doral Pilling, Javelin... - Lethbridge Historical Society | Facebook". Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- ↑ Michael Nonna. "Track and Field Statistics | trackfield.brinkster.net". trackfield.brinkster.net. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 4 Nov 2023.
- ↑ Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News. 1998. p. 555. ISBN 1573454915.
External links
- Doral Pilling
- Doral Pilling at Olympedia
- Doral W. Pilling at Olympics.com
- Doral Pilling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)