Aad de Bruyn Athlete
Aad de Bruyn is a former international athlete who competed in the throwing disciplines of the discus, shot put and hammer throw and dominated all three events in the Netherlands in the 1930s and 40s. 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. 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 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. He was also the national hammer throw champion in 1937, 1941, 1943, 1944 and 1954. Competition record Shot put Competitor for 22x20px Netherlands Dutch National Championships 1st 1932 1st 1934 1st 1935 1st 1936 1st 1937 1st 1938 1st 1939 1st 1940 1st 1941 1st 1942 1st 1943 1st 1944 1st 1946 1st 1947 1st 1948 1st 1949 British National Championships (AAA) 1st 1935 1st 1936 1st 1939 1st 1946 Discus Competitor for 22x20px Netherlands 1st 1933 1st 1934 1st 1935 1st 1936 1st 1938 1st 1939 1st 1940 1st 1941 1st 1942 1st 1943 1st 1944 1st 1948 1st 1950 1st 1951 Hammer throw Competitor for 22x20px Netherlands 1st 1937 2nd 1939 1st 1941 1st 1943 1st 1944 1st 1954 vte British National Championship (3A's) winners in Men's Shot Put Throw1876-1914 1880: William Winthrop 1881: Maurice Davin (IRE) 1882: George Ross 1883-84: Owen Harte (IRE) 1885: Donald McKinnon 1886-87: James Mitchell (IRE) 1888: George Gray CAN 1889: William Barry (IRE) & R.A. Greene 1890: R.A. Greene 1891-92: William Barry (IRE) 1893-99: Denis Horgan (IRE) 1900: Richard Sheldon USA 1901-02: Wesley Coe USA 1903: Tom Nicolson 1904-05: Denis Horgan (IRE) 1906-07: Tom Kirkwood 1908-10: Denis Horgan (IRE) 1911: John Barrett (IRE) 1912: Denis Horgan (IRE) 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE 1914: Armas Taipale FIN1919-1939 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN 1923: John 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 NED1946-1959 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 Rowe1960-present 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 2003-10: Carl Myerscough