Carl Myerscough
 Myerscough in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Myerscough |
| Nickname | The Blackpool Tower |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 21 October 1979 Hambleton, Lancashire |
| Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 160 kg (25 st 3 lb; 353 lb)[1] |
| Spouse | Melissa Price |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Great Britain |
| Sport | Shot put and Discus throw |
| University team | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Retired | 2016 |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 1 March 2017. | |
Carl Myerscough (pronounced Myers/co) (born 21 October 1979) is a retired English track and field athlete. He specialized in the shot put and discus throw and exceeded the British record in the shot put with a best of 21.92m set in winning the NCAA championships in Sacramento, California in 2003, although the performance was not ratified by UK Athletics.[2]
Biography
Carl won the UK championships in the Shot put 10 times consecutively from 2003–12, (The most in any athletics discipline by a male UK athlete). While competing for the University of Nebraska he gained 2 indoor (2002–03) and 2 outdoor (2003-04) NCAA division 1 championships. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 2004, with a degree in Fine Art.[3] He won the European Cup in 2004 (Bydgoszcz, Poland) with a throw of 20.85m.
In 2002 (Manchester) he won Bronze in the commonwealth games Shot put and in 2010 (Dehli) bronze in the discus throw.
He was a 2012 Olympian.
Nicknamed the Blackpool Tower due to his stats at 6 ft 10" and 25 stone (350 lb).
Doping
In 1999, Myerscough's record was tarnished when he tested positive for the second time,[4] for "a cocktail of banned substances" and was subsequently banned from competing for two years, and banned for life from the Olympics. The Olympic ban was subsequently overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport[5] and he represented Team GB at the 2012 Olympics in London.[5] Myerscough placed 29th in the qualifying rounds and did not progress further.[1][6]
He has always denied knowingly taking drugs and believed he was a victim of sabotage.[7] Myerscough is married to the American athlete Melissa Price, who was also banned at one time as a result of drug use in connection with the BALCO scandal.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Carl Myerscough". BBC Olympics.
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/records/records.aspx?recordtypeid=6
- ^ https://huskers.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/carl-myerscough/1674
- ^ https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sports-digest/do-the-right-thing-but-avoid-legal-chambers/
- ^ a b "Carl Myerscough makes ferry dash for Olympic qualification bid". BBC. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Myerscough finally gets shot at glory... but Olympic debut ends in disappointment". The Daily Mail. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Mackay, Duncan (13 January 2004). "Myerscough's wife positive for THG". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "BALCO investigation: Key players". USA Today. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- English male discus throwers
- English male shot putters
- British male shot putters
- Doping cases in athletics
- English sportspeople in doping cases
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- People from Hambleton
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Nebraska Cornhuskers men's track and field athletes
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics