Mick Hill (athlete)

Michael ("Mick") Christopher Hill (born October 22, 1964 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a former British javelin thrower and javelin coach, who won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics. He finished in 12th position at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. He competed from 1987-2004 making all major finals from 1986 to 1998, apart from the Seoul Olympics in 1988. He has since coached heptathlete Jessica Ennis.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
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	77.20 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
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	82.96 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	80.66 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	81.06 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	86.54 m
1997	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	5th	82.28 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	86.92 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th	80.75 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	12th	77.81 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	10th	76.12 m

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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