Doral Pilling
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Birth name | Doral William Pilling | |||||||||||
Born | 14 January 1906 Cardston, Alberta, ![]() | |||||||||||
Died | 24 December 1982 Calgary, Alberta, ![]() | (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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Doral William Pilling (14 January 1906 – 24 December 1982) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Early years
[edit]Pilling was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada.[2]
College years
[edit]In 1927, Pilling became the NCAA champion in the javelin throw with 199' 8", representing the University of Utah.[3][4]
1928 Olympic Games
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Pilling was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[9]
Later years
[edit]Pilling died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[5][1]
References
[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.
{{cite web}}
: 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]- 1906 births
- 1982 deaths
- Canadian male javelin throwers
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Track and field athletes from Alberta
- People from Cardston
- Utah Utes men's track and field athletes
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- 20th-century Canadian sportspeople
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Canadian Latter Day Saints
- University of Utah alumni
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs