Donald Dinnie was a Scottish bodybuilders, who was born in 1837 in Balnacraig. His career spanned 50 years in which he has seen over 11,000 victories in various competitions. Later he was to be the best athlete of the 19th Century means. Started
he has as a wrestler, and he was also an athlete outputs ezeichneter All-Around. In addition to various heavy events in the athletics competitions in the sprinting and jumping. As a professional athlete, he started decades in Scottish Highland Games and was also successful in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Due to its versatility, he won once, at a Highland Game 20 events! At the end of his career, he earned his living mainly with strongman performances in London, where he died in 1916 at the age of 78. the age of 73 (!) Years by the way he seemed still in the price list of Naim Highland Games.
Here some of his best performances: high jump: 1.85 m Shot Put: 15.08 m hammer throw: 44m These achievements are all the more remarkable when compared with winning performances at the first Olympic games, the 3-4 decades after the achievements of Donald Dinnie was made. The Heavy Events Highland Games set He also different records on. From his later Strongman Aufritt is known that he could snatch 76kg one arm, and even with over 70 years propped a platform on which two dancers were dancing the Highland Fling.
His most famous effort was the lifting and carrying of notified later by him "Dinnie Stones" in Deeside. The two stones together weighed about 350kg. According to tradition, he helped his father work on the bridge of Potarch said, and took the stones from one side to the other - but not the length but the width - which is a distance of about 5 yards (= 4.5 m ) was.
the season opener at Langley we had today with 9 athletes may be a small, but this strong field. was in the services that all have trained diligently in the winter.
The participants of our "original team": Wohli, Schilli, Schmitzer, Luky and I The Devil Steiner Highlander from Styria came with three strong athletes: John, Richard and Mark - who were there also have thrown us out last year in the Veitsch in the second round of the tug. The gabs but not this time:) And then came more of Castile - the weekend held on May 2, the Power-One competition in Purgstall.
The four-fight was embedded in the event of a knight's festival, which brought us the "good weather" and some interested spectators. In Wohli one noticed that he has next weekend in his first season highlight Powerlifting - he made a "Clean Sweap" and won all four competitions. Also in the Alltimeliste he could push forward with some candidate. In Schilli and to me it was not quite round - we had to start a couple of top performances and managed 2nd and 3rd but - Castile was close behind me:) Right at the beginning from the second contest went down a decent hail storm - which we stayed but not further. As the weather was better back then, we lay still with Weight for Distance and hammer throw for two competitions - it turned out, however, will be better in the half-way completed state rested better at the beginning. 7 athletes were still in the special six-combat rating. There
"Early History "so ended as this 1746, and continued until 1819 - more on that later
Sporting compared struggles are well known since ancient times in Greece -.. There it was already the discus throw, javelin, sprints, runs, a long jump competition and various martial arts
In the Book of Leinster of 1150 described the Tailteann Games that it Teltown BC north of Dublin since 1829 to about 1166 AD was. competitions as there was stone throwing, running competitions, rings, jump and hammer throw competitions held similar discipline. were probably immigrants from Ireland to Scotland with these sports events, as they are between the fifth and the sixth century it their home.
The Braemar Games had probably originated in 1040 when King Malcolm Calmore there organized a hill run.
1314, there were Ceres the first games in honor of the return of King Robert the Bruce from a successful battle. These games were then continued. Apparently there was stone throwing and hammer throw as a heavy-events.
The Highlands of Scotland have long been dominated by the clan. It was spoken in Gaelic, the legends were there, the Clan Chiefs. Clan Gatherings, regularly held various sports competitions were held, so that the men of the clans fit stayed to fight with other clans. The competitions were running, wrestling, archery and the heavy stone throwing and hammer throw events. There were also compared competition between the various clans where the best athletes competed.
After a defeated revolution of 1745, as some clans tried the Stuarts back to the British throne, bring, 1746 AND ALL Scottish tradition was banned. This also means the temporary end of the Highland Games in Scotland.
established Slowly the Scottish tradition but again, and 1819 were in St.Fillans the first games of the "modern area" held.
Here some of his best performances: 
