Laurie Hall

Lawrence Marshall Hall (born c.1938) is a former track and field athlete from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography Hall was a member of the Thames Valley Harriers and won the hammer throw event at the 1958 AAA Welsh championships, in addition to the inter-counties title.

He represented the 1958 Welsh team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he participated in one event; the hammer throw.

He went to a second Commonwealth Games, representing the 1962 Welsh team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, where he participated in two events; the hammer throw and the Shot put.

Hall went on to win eight consecutive Welsh titles from 1960 to 1967 and set a Welsh record in 1961, throwing 181 feet 4.5 inches.