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Paul Head
British hammer thrower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Head (born July 1, 1965) is a male retired hammer thrower from England who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Head competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[1] A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best (74.02 metres) in 1990 on the 30 August.
He competed in four successive Commonwealth Games; he represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[2][3] before winning a silver medal when representing England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[4][5] He represented England for the third time, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[6][7] and then won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[8]
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[9] and by virtue of being the best placed AAA British athlete in 1989 and 1992.[10]
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