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Ian Allan Chipchase (born 26 February 1952) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw.〔(Ian Chipchase ). Power of 10. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He was the gold medallist in the event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games with a games record performance. His career best was , set in 1974. He also represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 1974 European Athletics Championships. ==Career== Chipchase was born in Hebburn in the north of England.〔Havery, Gavin (2013-01-13). (Sports memorabilia to go under hammer ). ''The Northern Echo''. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He rose to prominence at national level as a junior level in 1969 when he won the English Schools Championships, AAA Junior Championships and the British Schools International Match. He retained all those titles for following year.〔(English Schools Championships (Boys) ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕〔(AAA Junior Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕〔(British Schools International Match ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 His international championship debut came at the 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he placed eighth with a mark of .〔(European Junior Championships 1970 ). World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 His first senior hammer throw title at the North of England Athletics Championships was achieved while he was still a teenager in 1970. He would go on to take that title six times over his career.〔(North of England Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He set a British junior record of in the 1971 season. This stood for eight years until it was beaten by Martin Girvan.〔(UNITED KINGDOM ALL-TIME LISTS - JUNIOR MEN ). ''Athletics Weekly''. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He continued to compete while entering higher education and was a three-time champion consecutively at the Universities Athletic Union Championships from 1971 to 1973.〔(UAU Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 At the 1973 AAA Championships he placed third behind Britain's most dominant throwers and 1972 Olympians, Howard Payne and Barry Williams.〔(AAA Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 Chipchase's career peaked in the 1974 season. He was chosen to represent England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and held off both Howard Payne and Peter Farmer to win the gold medal. He improved the previous games record three time during the competition, ending with a best of .〔(Champ’s sporting lot goes under hammer ). ''Shields Gazette'' (2013-01-17). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕〔(Commonwealth Games (Men) ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 That August he set a personal best of in Edinburgh – a mark which placed him among Britain's best ever throwers at that point, behind Barry Williams, Paul Dickenson and Chris Black.〔(UK All Time List Men's Throws ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He competed at the 1974 European Athletics Championships, coming tenth in a field dominated by Soviet and German athletes.〔(European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK ). European Athletics, pp. 420-427. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He made only one major international appearance after 1974 – a sixth-place finish at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.〔(Ian Chipchase ). Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 He was competitive nationally until the early 1980s and his achievements included two titles at the Inter-Counties Championships (1978, 1980)〔(CAU (Inter-Counties) Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 and a third place at the 1981 UK Championships in Athletics.〔(UK Championships ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.〕 Chipchase married Dorothy Swinyard, also an English Commonwealth Games representative, who held the British women's discus throw record for 38 years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Chipchase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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