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Paul Head is a retired male hammer throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

er from England

England

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, who competed for Great Britain

Great Britain

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at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club

Newham and Essex Beagles

Newham and Essex Beagles are one of the leading athletics clubs in Great Britain.The club was formed in 1887 as the Beaumont Harriers but became the Beagles in July 1891. Headquarters are at the Terence McMillan Stadium in the London Borough of Newham, East London...

he set his personal best (74.02 metres) in 1990.

Achievements

Representing and
1990 1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1990 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, FR Yugoslavia, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 31,...	Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand from 28 January to 3 February 1990. A total of 42 events were contested, 23 by male and 19 by female athletes.-Men:-Women:...	Auckland, New Zealand	6th	68.14 m
	European Championships 1990 European Championships in Athletics The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , FR Yugoslavia	11th	72.68 m
1991 1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1991 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on on Sunday August 25, 1991.-Records:-1991 World...	World Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...	Tokyo, Japan	20th	68.52 m
1992	Olympic Games Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...	Barcelona, Spain	22nd	69.58 m
1992	IAAF World Cup 1992 IAAF World Cup The 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 8–10, 1992, at the Estadio Panamericano in Havana, Cuba.-Men:\|width="50"\| ...	Havana, Cuba	6th	70.32 m
1993	World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....	Stuttgart, Germany	22nd	68.88 m
1994	Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes...	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	70.18 m
1994	IAAF World Cup 1994 IAAF World Cup The 7th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 9–11, 1994, at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England.-Men:...	London, United Kingdom	8th	68.38 m
1998 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 19,...	Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 16–21 September 1998.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Key:-References:**...	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	70.36 m
2002 2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 7, 2002...	Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd	68.60 m Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw The men's hammer throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 July.-Results:-References:** at BBC...

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