Eric Coy
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
Representing  Canada
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| British Empire Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1938 Sydney | Discus throw |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1938 Sydney | Shot put |
Eric Eaton Coy (May 16, 1914 – October 28, 1985) was a discus thrower and shot putter, who represented Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In 1948 he finished 23rd in the discus throw event. He also participated in the shot put competition but his exact result is unknown.
At the 1938 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the discus throw contest and the silver medal in the shot put event. In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he finished ninth in the shot put competition.
His final major appearance was at the 1954 Games in Vancouver at the age of 39, when he placed 9th in the shot at 43-10½ (13.37). After retirement from competition, he remained active as a coach in track and field, ice hockey and wrestling, and following his death in 1985 the “Eric E. Coy Memorial Trophy” was donated by his widow, Helen, to be awarded each year to Canada’s leading athlete in the four throwing events. The winner for 2006 was the Commonwealth Games hammer silver-medallist and national record-breaker, Jim Steacy.
He has an arena, and suburb of Winnipeg, Eric Coy, named after him.[1] He was named to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2]
References
- ↑ Coy by name, strong by nature, Track Stats, August 2007, retrieved 8 May 2010
- ↑ http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honouredmembers/inductee.php?id=6