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Nationality | English |
Born | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 22 October 1964
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Sport | Athletics |
Club | Leeds City AC |
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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.
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. [1]
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. [2] [3] Four years later he represented England and won another silver, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [4] [5] A third silver medal was won when he represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [6] [7] 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. [8] [9] [10]
Anthony Alexander Jarrett is a male former sprint and hurdling athlete from England.
Diane Dolores Modahl is an English former middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won Gold in the 800 m title at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Silver at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and Bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Michael David Jones is a male retired English athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
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Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs is a female retired British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1988–96), winning a bronze medal as a 17-year-old at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the 4 x 100 metres relay. She also won a relay bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships and relay medals at three Commonwealth Games.
Philip "Phil" Andrew Brown is a British retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Dalton Grant is a former high jumper.
Judith Miriam Oakes is a female retired English shot putter, powerlifter, and weightlifter.
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Linda Staines is a female former British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul in both the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1993 World Championships. She also won four medals at the Commonwealth Games, including an individual silver medal in the 400 metres in 1990 and two relay gold medals.
Diana Clare Davies is a retired female high jumper from Great Britain, born in Catworth. Her personal best of 1.95 metres set on 26 June 1982, at a meet in Oslo, Norway, stood as the UK national record until 2014. She competed at two Olympic Games, reaching the final on both occasions. In Los Angeles 1984, she finished in 9th place, while in Seoul 1988, she finished 8th (1.90m).
Andrew Clayton is a male English former competition swimmer.
Martin Harris is an English former International competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist.
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