The British shot put athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1880âÂÂ2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866âÂÂ1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.
+ Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally represented Great Britain.
Tee most successful athletes in this event are Scott Lincoln, with eleven championship titles, and Judy Oakes, active during the dual championship era who won 18 titles in the AAA Championship continuity, and a further eleven UK Championships finals.