Doral William Pilling (14 January 1906 – 24 December 1982) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Birth name | Doral William Pilling | |||||||||||
Born | 14 January 1906 Cardston, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||
Died | 24 December 1982 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (aged 76)|||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1] | |||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) [1] | |||||||||||
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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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Early years
editCollege years
editIn 1927, Pilling became the NCAA champion in the javelin throw with 199' 8", representing the University of Utah.[3][4]
1928 Olympic Games
editIn 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
editAfter 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, Netherlands.[8]
1930 British Empire Games
editAt 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
editIn 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
editPilling was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[9]
Later years
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f "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
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b "Doral W. Pilling Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". olympics.com. Retrieved 11 Sep 2023.
- ^ a b c 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
edit- Doral Pilling
- Doral Pilling at Olympedia
- Doral W. Pilling at Olympics.com
- Doral Pilling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)