Mike Mercer (shot putter)
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| Birth name | Mike Mercer | |||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 1947 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||
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Mike Mercer (born April 28, 1947) is a Canadian former athlete who competed in shot put.
Mercer attended Oakville Trafalgar High School.[1]
As a specialist in shot put, Mercer won Canada's national championship in 1971 and claimed a bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, behind Americans Al Feuerbach and Karl Salb. He also had a fourth-place finish at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and was third at the 1981 Pacific Conference Games.[2]
Mercer became a powerlifter in the 1980s after growing frustrated with athletics and set multiple Canadian records.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "All Eyes Fixed On Mike Mercer". The Hamilton Spectator. May 19, 1965.
- ^ "Mike Mercer". Athletics Podium.
- ^ "Weight lifter ready". The Toronto Star. May 16, 1980.
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Canadian male shot putters
- Canadian powerlifters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Cameroon
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen