John Hillier
.jpg) Hillier in 1975 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 December 1944 Woolwich, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 59.76m [1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Noel Hillier (born 1944) is a former athlete who represented both England and Great Britain.[2] John threw a PB of 59.76m on the 27th of July, 1976, in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3]
John is currently an athletics coach, and has coached the likes of Myrtle Augee,[4] Lawrence Okoye,[5] Shaunagh Brown[6] & Nicholas Percy.[7]
John currently coaches a large number of athletes across a wide range of ages, currently the likes of Cleo Agyepong,[8] Brydon Duncan [9] and Timi Babatunde [10] are under his guidance.
Athletics career
[edit]He represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[11][12] Four years later he represented England in the discus event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=359381
- ^ https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/john-hillier-of-great-britain-in-action-during-the-discus-news-photo/498596470
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=359381
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=40571
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=31821
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=22259
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=29021
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=783321
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=961438
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=947100
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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