Mick Hill (javelin thrower)

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Michael Christopher Hill (born 22 October 1964) is a male English former javelin thrower who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Athletics career

Hill won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships and a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships. He represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games and competed in over 20 major championships between 1983 and 2002, only failing to reach the final twice. He has since coached heptathlete Jessica Ennis.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/05/jessica-ennis-olympics-profile?newsfeed=true London 2012: Jessica Ennis – Team GB's poster girl] from The Guardian, 5 August 2012, retrieved 5 May 2015

He is also a four-time Commonwealth Games medallist. He represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|title=England team in 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419153600/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3041/19/all|url-status=dead}} Four years later he represented England and won another silver, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}} A third silver medal was won when he represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}} before he won his first medal of a different colour, winning a bronze medal for England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38911|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Achievements

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colspan="5"\|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
1983 \|European Junior Championships \|Schwechat, Austria \|11th \|66.44 m
rowspan=2\|1986 \|Commonwealth Games \|Edinburgh, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|78.56 m
European Championships \|Stuttgart, West Germany \|8th \|77.34 m
1987 \|World Championships \|Rome, Italy \|7th \|79.66 m
1988 \|Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|20th (q) \|77.20 m
rowspan=2\|1990 \|Commonwealth Games \|Auckland, New Zealand \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|83.32 m
European Championships \|Split, SFR Yugoslavia \|4th \|82.38 m
1991 \|World Championships \|Tokyo, Japan \|5th \|84.12 m
rowspan=2\|1992 \|Olympic Games \|Barcelona, Spain \|11th \|75.50 m
World Cup \|Havana, Cuba \|5th \|76.84 m
rowspan=2\|1993 \|World Championships \|Stuttgart, Germany \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|82.96 m
Grand Prix Final \|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|83.52 m
rowspan=2\|1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|6th \|80.66 m
Commonwealth Games \|Victoria, Canada \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|81.84 m
1995 \|World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|6th \|81.06 m
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|12th \|78:58 m
rowspan=2\|1997 \|World Championships \|Athens, Greece \|4th \|86.54 m
Grand Prix Final \|Fukuoka, Japan \|5th \|82.28 m
rowspan=2\|1998 \|European Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|86.92 m
Commonwealth Games \|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|83.80 m
1999 \|World Championships \|Seville, Spain \|14th (q) \|80.75 m
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|11th \|81.00 m
2001 \|World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|12th \|77.81 m
2002 \|European Championships \|Munich, Germany \|10th \|76.12 m
colspan=6\|Results with a (q) indicate overall position in qualifying round

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1983

|European Junior Championships

|Schwechat, Austria

|11th

|66.44 m

rowspan=2|1986

|Commonwealth Games

|Edinburgh, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|78.56 m

European Championships