 Hillier in 1975 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 December 1944 Woolwich, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | discus throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hillingdon AC | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 59.76m [1] | ||||||||||||||
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John Noel Hillier (born 29 December 1944) is a former athlete who represented both England and Great Britain. [2] John threw a PB of 59.76m on the 27th of July, 1976, in Edinburgh, Scotland. [3]
Hillier finished second behind Bill Tancred in the discus throw event at the 1973 AAA Championships. [4] [5] He then represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [6] [7]
Hillier would podium at the AAAs three more timnes in 1974, 1977 and 178 and represented England in the discus event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. [8] [9]
After retiring from competing, Hillier took up being an athletics coach, and has coached the likes of Myrtle Augee, [10] Lawrence Okoye, [11] Shaunagh Brown [12] & Nicholas Percy. [13] He continues to coach a large number of athletes across a wide range of ages. [14] [15] [16]
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