Spencer Tyler is an professional Highland games athlete from Liberty Hill, Texas.
Career
Tyler was a collegiate track and field athlete before his coach Quint Melius recommended him Highland games.
[ He gradually excelled in the sport and became the World Highland Games Champion when he won 2019 World Highland Games Championships held in Lincoln, New Hampshire.]
Tyler is considered to be one of the greatest Highland games athletes ever, and is the current world record holder in the Sheaf toss with a clearance of at 2019 Chicago Highland Games, and both the (lightweight) and (heavyweight) Weight throw event with distances of and respectively.[
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He is also the World Highland Games record holder at the Weight over bar event when he heaved the weight over in 2019.[ Only the all-time world record holder Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson has thrown higher.]
Personal records
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Sheaf toss – over (2019 Chicago Highland Games) (World Record)
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Weight throw (lightweight) – for (2019 US Invitational Pleasanton) (World Record)
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Weight throw (heavyweight) – for (2019 New Hampshire Highland Games) (World Record)
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Weight over bar – over (2019 World Championships) (World Highland Games Record)
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Discus throw – for (2006 in Abilene)
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Javelin throw – for (2007 in Austin)
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Hammer throw – for (2007 in Commerce)
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Shot put – for (2007 in Stephenville)
Personal life
Tyler has two daughters and is married to Sebastiana. They live in New Braunfels, Texas.[
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