Aad de Bruyn

Aad de Bruyn
Personal information
Born	30 January 1910; Netherlands
Died	28 July 1991; Eindhoven
Occupation	Athlete
Medal record
Shot put
Representing Netherlands
Dutch National Championships
British National Championships (AAA)
Discus
Representing Netherlands
Hammer throw
Representing Netherlands

Aad de Bruyn (30 January 1910– 28 July 1991),^[2]^[3] was a Dutch athlete who competed in the throwing disciplines of the discus, shot put and hammer throw, dominated all three events in the Netherlands in the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography[edit]

Born in the Netherlands, he was the Dutch national shot put champion on multiple occasions, first winning the title in 1932 and repeating the feat in 1934. He remained champion through to 1944 and regained the title in 1946, holding it until 1949.^[4] As a shotputter he also won the British 3A's title on four occasions. He set the Dutch National Record of 14.165m in 1934 and increased this in increments that year up to 14.535m. In 1935, he became the first Dutchman to break the 15m mark, setting a record of 15.02m. By 1939, he had increased this to 15.51m^[4] a record that stood until 1986.

As a discus thrower he was the national champion from 1933 to 1936, from 1938 to 1944, and in 1948, 1950 and 1951. His 1942 mark of 48.575m stood as the national record until 1956.^[4]

He was also the national hammer throw champion in 1937, 1941, 1943, 1944 and 1954.^[4]

De Bruyn died of cardiac arrest while watching the shot-put event on the last day of the Dutch National Championships held 26–28 July 1991 in Eindhoven.^[2]

References[edit]

^ GBR Athletics - AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)
^ ^a ^b In het harnas gestorven Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
^ "Kogelstoten M35".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Paul van Gool. "fotos mannen werpen 1945". atletiekhistorici.nl. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

[GBR-1] GBR Athletics - AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)

[harnas-2] In het harnas gestorven Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)

[3] "Kogelstoten M35".

[nl-4] Paul van Gool. "fotos mannen werpen 1945". atletiekhistorici.nl. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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v t e AAA Championships winners in men's shot put
1876–1914	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
1919–39	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
1946–59	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
1960–2006	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