{"id":9155,"date":"2023-05-11T23:48:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T23:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/shaun-pickering-former-welsh-olympian-dies-aged-62\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T23:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T23:49:00","slug":"shaun-pickering-former-welsh-olympian-dies-aged-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/shaun-pickering-former-welsh-olympian-dies-aged-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Pickering: Former Welsh Olympian dies aged 62"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Shaun Pickering won five Welsh shot put titles and five Welsh discus as well as nine Welsh hammer titles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wales’ former Commonwealth Games shot put bronze medallist and ex-Olympian Shaun Pickering has died at the age of 62.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pickering won bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur having finished 27th in the shot put at the Atalanta Olympics in 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He later became UK Athletics’ national event coach for heavy throws.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with Shaun’s friends & family at this sad time,” Welsh Athletics said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Everyone at Welsh Athletics is sad to hear the news that ‘Hall of Fame’ inductee, multiple Welsh Champion & Record Holder Shaun Pickering has passed away,” <\/span><\/p>\n

His father was the late BBC commentator and presenter Ron Pickering, who as Wales national coach coached Lynn Davies when he won Olympic long jump gold in 1964.<\/span><\/p>\n

His mother Jean represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki and won gold in the long jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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