John Hillier

John Hillier

Hillier in 1975
Personal information
Born	(1944-12-29) 29 December 1944 Woolwich, London, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	discus throw
Club	Hillingdon AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best	59.76m
Medal record Athletics Representing England Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch discus

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 Bill Tancred in the discus throw event at the 1973 AAA Championships. He then represented England and won a bronze medal in the discus event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Hillier would podium at the AAAs three more timnes in 1974, 1977 and 178 and represented England in the discus event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.

Coaching

After retiring from competing, Hillier took up being an athletics coach, and has coached the likes of Myrtle Augee, Lawrence Okoye, Shaunagh Brown & Nicholas Percy. He continues to coach a large number of athletes across a wide range of ages.