Archie McDiarmid
Archie McDiarmid (actually Archibald McDiarmid; born December 8, 1881 in Balvicar , Argyll and Bute , † August 11, 1957 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian hammer thrower .
At the Olympic Games in 1920 he was ninth in hammer throw and fourth in weight throwing .
In 1930 he was sixth at the British Empire Games in Hamilton .
In 1913 and 1928 he was Canadian champion in hammer throw, and in 1913 in the shot put . He set his personal best of 48.07 m on June 23, 1926 in Vancouver .
Web links
- Archie McDiarmid in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Archie McDiarmid in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | McDiarmid, Archie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDiarmid, Archibald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian hammer thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Balvicar , Argyll and Bute |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1957 |
| Place of death | Vancouver |