Ian Reed
{{Short description|Australian discus thrower (1927–2020)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Ian Reid (disambiguation){{!}}Ian Reid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
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| name =Ian Reed
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Footscray, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|7|1927|7|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = USA
| sport = Athletics
| event = discus
| club = Stanford Cardinal
| height = 187 cm
| weight =89 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1950 Auckland | Discus Throw}}
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Ian Manley Reed (13 July 1927 – 7 August 2020) was a discus thrower, who represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event.
Biography
Reed was born in Footscray, Victoria.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64779 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=21 April 2025}}
Reed finished second behind Mark Pharaoh in the discus throw event at the British 1952 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19520623/190/0007 |title=Results |work=The Scotsman |date=23 June 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=21 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 April 2025}}
He was 25 at the time of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. During the Olympics he started the qualifying rounds ranked as #21 with the distance of his discus throw being 45.12 metres. This caused him to automatically qualify into group B, which moved his rank to #13. His next throw which took place during round one of group B, was 41.51 metres and moved his ranking to #14. However, during round two of group B was considered Reed's best marked distance which measured 45.12 metres and ranked him at #12, therefore qualifying him into the next round. In spite of just having his best marked distance in round 3 of group B, Reed threw the discus a measured 44.24 metres. This caused him not to place in round 3, thus taking him out of the games.
Reed's personal best ever recorded discus throw is 49.52 metres. World Masters Athletics has ranked Ian Reed world number one in his 85–89 age group for the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Reed set a new 90–94 age bracket Masters World Record of 28.49 metres at the San Diego Senior Games in September 2017.
References
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- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/ian-reed-1.html |title=Ian Reed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103084302/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/ian-reed-1.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |url-status=dead}}
- [http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/08/12/los-gatos-saratoga-reed-sets-master-mark-in-the-discus-at-88/ current-record]
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Category:Australian male discus throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
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