Meg Ritchie (Scotland) Discus training (1987).
Margaret "Meg" Elizabeth Stone (née Ritchie, born 6 July 1952) is a retired Scottish discus thrower and Shot putter.
She reached the Olympic finals at discus in Moscow 1980 (9th) and Los Angeles 1984 (5th).
She also won the 1982 Commonwealth Games title. Her discus best of 67.48 metres has stood as the British record since 1981, while her shot put best of 18.99 metres has stood as the Scottish record since 1983.
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Ritchie won the Scottish championships in discus seven times and in shot put she won three Scottish titles. She also won the UK Championships four times in the discus, and three AAA discus titles.
Her personal best throw was 67.48 m (221 ft 4+1⁄2 in), achieved in April 1981 in Walnut.
This is the current NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field and British record.
In 1982 she won the NCAA Division 1 Championships shot/discus double in America.
Later that same year she won the discus gold medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
In the shot put her personal best was 18.99 m (62 ft 3+1⁄2 in), achieved in May 1983 in Tucson.
This is the current Scottish national record
Ritchie is married to Dr. Michael H. Stone. She is the Director of East Tennessee State University Sports Performance Enhancement Consortium (SPEC), the Director of the Center of Excellence for Coach Education, and Assistant Coach for Men's and Women's Track and Field at ETSU (Throws). Under her tutelage, the male throwers from ETSU have proceeded to break the indoor shot, discus, hammer, 35 lb weight, and outdoor shot school records.
The women have set new records in the 20 lb weight throw and the hammer throw.