Laurie Bryce

Laurie Bryce
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1943-01-25) 25 January 1943 (age 83)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hammer throw
ClubEdinburgh University AC

Laurence "Laurie" Millar Bryce (born 25 January 1943) is a former track and field athlete from Scotland who competed at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Bryce studied at the University of Edinburgh and was a member of their athletics club.

Bryce represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in one event, the hammer throw event.

He won five consecutive hammer throw titles at the Scottish AAA Championships from 1965 to 1969.

Bryce went on to compete for Scoptland at two more Commonwealth Games; finishing fourth in the hammer throw event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and eighth in the hammer event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

His son is Colin Bryce, a Winter Olympian and world's strongest man presenter.

References

  1. ↑ "Davies on 9 min. but still second". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 May 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Scottish Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Honest Truth: World's Strongest Man gets bigger every year". The Sunday Post. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Games contender Bryce lives up to the family name". The Herald. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2025.