Michael Christopher Hill (born 22 October 1964) is a male English former javelin thrower who competed at four Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000.
Biography Hill, born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, 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.London 2012: Jessica Ennis – Team GB's poster girl from The Guardian, 5 August 2012, retrieved 5 May 2015
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.
Hill is a seven-times British javelin throw champion having won the British AAA Championships title for the first time at the 1987 AAA Championships and subsequently in 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002 and 2003.
Additionally he won the UK Athletics Championships title in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992 and 1993 and was a great rival of Steve Backley.
Achievements Representing and 1983European Junior ChampionshipsSchwechat, Austria11th66.44 m1986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, United Kingdom 2nd78.56 mEuropean ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany8th77.34 m1987 World ChampionshipsRome, Italy7th79.66 m 1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea20th (q)77.20 m1990 Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand2nd83.32 mEuropean ChampionshipsSplit, SFR Yugoslavia4th82.38 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan5th84.12 m 1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain11th75.50 mWorld CupHavana, Cuba5th76.84 m1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany 3rd82.96 mGrand Prix FinalLondon, United Kingdom3rd83.52 m1994 European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland6th80.66 m Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada2nd81.84 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th81.06 m 1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States12th78:58 m1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece4th86.54 m Grand Prix FinalFukuoka, Japan5th82.28 m 1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 2nd86.92 m Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia3rd83.80 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain14th (q)80.75 m 2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia11th81.00 m2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada12th77.81 m 2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany10th76.12 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
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