{{Short description|English shot putter (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Myrtle Augee | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|02|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Greenwich, Greater London, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = | height = 171 cm | weight = 91 kg | club = Cambridge Harriers<br>Bromley Ladies | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|1990 Auckland|Shot put}} {{MedalSilver|1994 Victoria|Shot put}} {{MedalSilver|1998 Kuala Lumpur|Shot put}} {{MedalBronze|1986 Edinburgh|Shot put}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalSport|Women's weightlifting}} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1994 Istanbul|+83&nbsp;kg}} {{MedalSport|Women's powerlifting}} {{MedalComp|IPF World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1988 Brussels|+90&nbsp;kg}} }}

'''Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee''' (born 4 February 1965) is a female English retired shot putter who competed at two Olympic Games. Augee was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.<ref name=GBR>{{London Gazette |issue=59090 |date=12 June 2009 |pages=14 |supp=1}}</ref>

== Biography == Augee represented Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/myrtle-augee-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/myrtle-augee-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Olympic Profile|website=Sports Reference}}</ref>

She competed at four Commonwealth Games and won a medal on all four occasions. Representing England in 1986 she won a bronze medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by a silver medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> The final appearance was when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=1998 English Commonwealth Games Athletes|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41565|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731131419/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41565|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Augee was a five-times WAAA Championships/AAA Championships champion winning the British shot put title in 1989, 1992, 1993,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |work=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref> 1999 and 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020715/375/0027 |title=Weekend results - Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=15 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19830731/479/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Sunday Express |date=31 July 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=16 March 2025 }}</ref>

Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff, placing her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/wf99.htm UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws] - GBR Athletics</ref>

She was also a World Champion in powerlifting, and a World Championship medalist in weightlifting. She was the last British lifter to win an overall weightlifting medal until Sarah Davies won silver in 2021.

Augee now works as a custodial manager in a prison.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==Achievements in athletics== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=3|1986 |European Indoor Championships |Madrid, Spain |9th |17.24 m |- |Commonwealth Games |Edinburgh, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |17.52 m |- |European Championships |Stuttgart, West Germany |17th |16.37 m |- |rowspan=2|1987 |European Indoor Championships |Liévin, France |7th |17.67 m |- |World Indoor Championships |Indianapolis, United States |10th |17.85 m |- |1988 |Olympic Games |Seoul, South Korea |17th (q) |17.31 m |- |1989 |European Indoor Championships |The Hague, Netherlands |7th |17.17 m |- |rowspan=2|1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |18.48 m |- |European Championships |Split, Yugoslavia |9th |17.77 m |- |1991 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |15th (q) |17.80 m |- |1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |14th (q) |16.53 m |- |1993 |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |23rd (q) |16.06 m |- |rowspan=2|1994 |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |14th (q) |16.77 m |- |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |17.64 m |- |1998 |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |17.16 m |- |2002 |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, United Kingdom |5th |16.05 m |}

==References== <references /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/myrtle-augee-1.html sports-reference] * {{World Athletics}}

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