Paul Head (born 1 July 1965) is a male retired hammer thrower from England who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Biography Head competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best (74.02 metres) on 30 August 1990.
He competed in four successive Commonwealth Games; he represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand before winning a silver medal when representing England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. He represented England for the third time, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and then won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Head was 12-times British hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 1990, 1993 and 1997, the UK Athletics Championships in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1997 and by virtue of being the best placed AAA British athlete in 1989 and 1992.
Achievements Representing and 1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand6th68.14 mEuropean ChampionshipsSplit, FR Yugoslavia11th72.68 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan20th (q)68.52 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain22nd (q)69.58 mIAAF World CupHavana, Cuba6th70.32 m1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany22nd (q)68.88 m1994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada 2nd70.18 mIAAF World CupLondon, United Kingdom8th68.38 m1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia4th70.36 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom 3rd68.60 m
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