Barclay Palmer
British athlete (1932–2020)
Barclay Palmer (born William Barclay Livingstone Palmer; 2 March 1932 – 27 September 2020)[1] was a British athlete who competed in the shot put discipline at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset and at St Peter's College, Oxford where he gained an Athletics Blue in 1953 for shot put (then called weights), discus and javelin.
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AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
- 1880: William Winthrop
- 1881: Maurice Davin (IRL)
- 1882: George Ross
- 1883–84: Owen Harte (IRL)
- 1885: Donald McKinnon
- 1886–87: James Mitchell (IRL)
- 1888: George Gray (CAN)
- 1889: William Barry (IRL) & R.A. Greene
- 1890: R.A. Greene
- 1891–92: William Barry (IRL)
- 1893–99: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1900: Richard Sheldon USA
- 1901–02: Wesley Coe USA
- 1903: Tom Nicolson
- 1904–05: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1906–07: Tom Kirkwood
- 1908–10: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1911: James Barrett (IRL)
- 1912: Denis Horgan (IRL)
- 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE
- 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
- 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA
- 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN
- 1923: James Barrett IRL
- 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1925: Herb Schwarze USA
- 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER
- 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA
- 1929: József Darányi HUN
- 1930: Jules Noël FRA
- 1931: József Darányi HUN
- 1932: Harry Hart SAF
- 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL
- 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1937: Hans Woellke GER
- 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA
- 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1946: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1947–48: David Guiney IRL
- 1949: John Giles
- 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG
- 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL
- 1952–54: John Savidge
- 1955–56: Barclay Palmer
- 1957–59: Arthur Rowe
- 1960–61: Arthur Rowe
- 1962: Jay Silvester USA
- 1963: Mike Lindsay
- 1964–65: Vilmos Varjú HUN
- 1966: Jan Botha RSA
- 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA
- 1968–69: Jeff Teale
- 1970–71: Les Mills NZL
- 1972–73: Geoff Capes
- 1974: Al Feuerbach USA
- 1975–79: Geoff Capes
- 1980: Brian Oldfield USA
- 1981–82: Mike Winch
- 1983: Mike Carter USA
- 1984: Mike Winch
- 1985–86: Billy Cole
- 1987: Paul Edwards
- 1988–89: Simon Williams
- 1990–92: Paul Edwards
- 1993: Matt Simson
- 1994: Paul Edwards
- 1995: Mark Proctor
- 1996: Matt Simson
- 1997: Steph Hayward
- 1998–99: Mark Proctor
- 2000: Steph Hayward
- 2001–02: Mark Proctor
- 2003–06: Carl Myerscough
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