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| Nationality | English |
| Born | 22 October 1964 Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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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.
Kelly Jade Sotherton is a British former heptathlete, long jumper and relay runner. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes, also at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as being part of the bronze medal-winning team in the Women's 4x400m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics. As such she is one of only five women to win multiple medals in Olympic heptathlon. She also won a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Representing England, Sotherton is a one-time Commonwealth Games champion, as the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Michael David Jones is an English retired athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
Australia first competed at the Games, then titled the British Empire Games, in 1930; and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. The others are Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. Australian athletes competed for Australasia at the 1911 Festival of the Empire, the forerunner to the British Empire Games.
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.
Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee is a female retired English shot putter. Augee now works as a custodial manager in a prison and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
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).
Martin Harris is an English former International competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist.
Lisa Martine Kehler is a female retired race walker from England.
Frédéric Ebong-Salle, better known as Fred Salle is a male retired athlete who specialized in the long jump.
Paul Head is a male retired male hammer thrower from England.
Ian R Peel is a British sport shooter who has represented Great Britain in the Summer Olympic Games on three occasions.
Peter May is a British male weightlifter.
Andrew John Callard is a British male weightlifter.
Densign White is a male retired British judoka. White competed at the 1984, 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Paul Henry Francis Leatherdale is a British former sports shooter and Olympian. He won three medals representing England at the Commonwealth Games and held British records in the Free Pistol event.
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