John Noel Hillier (born 29 December 1944) is a former athlete who represented both England and Great Britain. John threw a PB of 59.76m on the 27th of July, 1976, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Biography

Hillier finished second behind

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in the discus throw event at the

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. He then represented

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and won a bronze medal in the discus event, at the

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, New Zealand. Hillier would podium at the AAAs three more timnes in 1974, 1977 and 178 and represented

in the discus event, at the

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, Canada.

Coaching

After retiring from competing, Hillier took up being an athletics coach, and has coached the likes of

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& Nicholas Percy. He continues to coach a large number of athletes across a wide range of ages.https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=947100

References

1944 births English male discus throwers British male discus throwers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{England-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub