Thomas Rae Nicolson (3 October 1879 – 18 April 1951) from

Tighnabruaich Tighnabruaich (; ) is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. Tighnabruaich is now p ...

was a British and Scottish

track and field athlete Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

who competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...

and in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

Biography

Nicolson became the National shot put champion and National hammer throw champion after winning the

AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...

titles at the 1903 AAA Championships. He would go on to win the AAA Championships hammer title six times in total, with further successes coming in 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, and 1912. Nicolson represented

Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The British Olympic Association was the National Olympic Committee responsible for organising the United King ...

in London, where he finished fourth in the hammer throw competition. He also participated in the shot put event, but his final ranking is unknown. Twelve years later, he finished sixth in the hammer throw competition. Rae was a keen

shinty Shinty () is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. It is played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland. The sport was formerly more widespread in Scotland and even played in Northern ...

player for

Kyles Athletic Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sport's most illustrious names, presently playing in the Marine Harvest Premiership with their second team is playing in South Division one. In 20 ...

, captaining the side alongside six of his brothers. He is believed to be the only shinty summer Olympian.

References

External links

Profile at ''Sports-Reference.com''

The Incomparable Thomas Rae Nicolson
* 1879 births 1951 deaths Scottish male shot putters British male shot putters Scottish male hammer throwers British male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Shinty players Sportspeople from Argyll and Bute {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub