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Leslie Roy Mills is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete and politician. He represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades, competing in the shot put and discus throw. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he achieved his best result, a gold medal in the discus.
Michael David Jones is a male retired English athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
David Smith is a retired hammer thrower from Great Britain.
New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 142 competitors and 33 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Warwick Nicholl. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 35 medals, nine of which were gold.
Andrew 'Howard' Payne was an English Olympic track and field athlete. He specialised in the hammer throw event during his career.
James George Leckie was a New Zealand track and field athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Warwick Dashwood Hirtzel Dalton is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.
Paul Head is a male retired male hammer thrower from England.
John Maxwell Carr was a New Zealand field athlete and coach, athletics official, and air force officer. He represented his country at the 1950 and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and served as a wing commander in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. In later years, he won three World Masters hammer throw titles.
Julia Ratcliffe is a New Zealand track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, having won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Paul Stuart Mardle is a male former discus thrower.
New Zealand sent a 12 sportspeople strong delegation to the 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At these Games, New Zealand won 13 medals at the 1976 Summer Paralympics: 7 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. Eve Rimmer was the most decorated Paralympian at these Games, winning 5 gold medals in athletics.
Mark Dry is a British track and field athlete, competing in the hammer throw, who won bronze medals for Scotland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Nicholas Miller is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the gold medal at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships. He holds the British record of 80.26 m for the event.
Ian Alan Chipchase is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist in the event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games with a games' record performance. His career best was 71.00 m, set in 1974.
Matthew Denny is an Australian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the final having thrown 65.13m in his Men's discus throw qualification. He came very close to a medal, throwing 67.02m which was just 0.05m less than the bronze medalist, Lukas Weißhaidinger of Austria.
Phillip Spivey is a retired Australian hammer thrower.
Norman Percy Drake was a British athlete.
Barry Williams is a retired British international athlete. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Murray Spencer Cheater was a New Zealand hammer thrower who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics.