Jim Courtright (athlete)
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Born | December 16, 1914 North Bay, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
Died | February 21, 2003 Kingston, Ontario, Canada | (aged 88)|||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Javelin throw, shot put, discus throw | |||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | JT – 66.31 m (1936) SP – 12.1 m (1938)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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James Milton Courtright (December 16, 1914 – February 21, 2003) was a Canadian track and field athlete and Vice Principal of Queen's University. His athletic career included participating in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, and the 1938 British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games) in Sydney, Australia, where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw.
Early life
Courtright was born in
Athletic career
It was during his time living in Ottawa that Courtright became extremely active in sports. He became a star athlete in high school, playing on the football, basketball, and track and field team. While attending the University of Ottawa Courtright began to develop his skills as a world class javelin thrower. In 1934 he ranked third in Canada, in 1935 he had improved to second and by 1936 he was the Canadian javelin champion. At the same time he continued to play varsity football, basketball, and competed in many of the other track and field events. It was his success at the javelin that provided him with a spot on the
Following the Olympics Courtright competed in the 1937 Pan-American Exposition Games (a precursor to the Pan American Games) in Dallas, Texas, where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw. That year he captured the Canadian intercollegiate championship for the shot put and retained his title in the javelin.
The next year Courtright was chosen to represent Canada in his final international tournament, the 1938 British Empire Games, in the javelin, shot put, and discus. While he managed a 9th-place finish in the discus and a 7th-place finish in the shot put, Courtright came through to capture the gold in his best event, the javelin.[1]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Courtright". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011.
- ^ James Courtright. trackfield.brinkster.net
External links
- Media related to Jim Courtright (athlete) at Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Courtright's British Empire Games results