Mick Hill (athlete)

Michael ("Mick") Christopher Hill (born 22 October 1964) is an English former javelin thrower who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships and a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships. He is also a four-time Commonwealth Games medallist and represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games. He 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]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1983	European Junior Championships	Schwechat, Austria	11th	66.44 m
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	2nd	78.56 m
1986	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
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	83.32 m
1990	European Championships	Split, SFR Yugoslavia	4th	82.38 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	84.12 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th	75.50 m
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	5th	76.84 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	82.96 m
1993	Grand Prix Final	London, United Kingdom	3rd	83.52 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	80.66 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	81.84 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	81.06 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	11th	78:58 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	86.54 m
1997	Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	5th	82.28 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	86.92 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	83.80 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (q)	80.75 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	12th	81.00 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	12th	77.81 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	10th	76.12 m
Results with a (q) indicate overall position in qualifying round

UK National Championship winners in men's javelin throw
1977-1997	1977 Peter De Kremer 1978-82 Dave Ottley 1983-84 Peter Yates 1985-87 Mick Hill 1988-90 Steve Backley 1991 Gary Jenson 1992-93 Mick Hill 1997 Steve Backley

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