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Mick Hill

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1964-10-22) 22 October 1964 (age 60) Leeds, West Yorkshire
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Leeds City AC
Medal record Athletics Representing  United Kingdom World Championships 1993 Stuttgart Javelin European Championships 1998 Budapest Javelin Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Javelin 1990 Auckland Javelin 1994 Victoria Javelin 1998 Kuala Lumpur Javelin

Michael Christopher Hill (born 22 October 1964) is a male English former javelin thrower who was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Athletics career

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.

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. Four years later he represented England and won another silver, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. A third silver medal was won when he represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 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.

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
	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
	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
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	5th	76.84 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	82.96 m
	Grand Prix Final	London, United Kingdom	3rd	83.52 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	80.66 m
	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	81.84 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	81.06 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	12th	78:58 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	86.54 m
	Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	5th	82.28 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	86.92 m
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	83.80 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (q)	80.75 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	11th	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

Seasonal bests by year

• 1986 - 78.56
• 1987 - 85.24
• 1988 - 81.30
• 1989 - 82.56
• 1990 - 82.38
• 1991 - 84.12
• 1992 - 85.32
• 1993 - 86.94
• 1994 - 86.36
• 1995 - 84.14
• 1996 - 81.42
• 1997 - 86.54
• 1998 - 86.92
• 1999 - 84.94
• 2000 - 83.71
• 2001 - 84.88
• 2002 - 82.90
• 2003 - 78.73
• 2004 - 80.46

References

1. London 2012: Jessica Ennis – Team GB's poster girl from The Guardian, 5 August 2012, retrieved 5 May 2015
2. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
3. "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
7. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
8. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
9. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
10. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

External links

• Mick Hill at World Athletics
• Mick Hill at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• English male javelin throwers
• British male javelin throwers
• 1964 births
• Living people
• Athletes from Leeds
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Great Britain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• European Athletics Championships medalists
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games