List of British champions in hammer throw
The British hammer throw athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880–2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866–1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally competed for Great Britain.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard James |
| 1867 | Patrick Halkett |
| 1868 | Henry Leeke |
| 1869 | William Burgess |
| 1870 | Henry Leeke |
| 1871 | William Burgess |
| 1872 | Henry Leeke (3) |
| 1873 | James Paterson |
| 1874 | Stephen Brown |
| 1875 | William Burgess |
| 1876 | George Hales |
| 1877 | George Hales (2) |
| 1878 | Edmund Baddeley |
| 1879 | William Burgess (4) |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1977-1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | AAA Men | Year | UK Men |
| 1977 | Chris Black | 1977 | Paul Dickenson |
| 1978 | Paul Dickenson (2) | 1978 | Chris Black |
| 1979 | Matthew Mileham | 1979 | Chris Black |
| 1980 | Martin Girvan | 1980 | Paul Dickenson |
| 1981 | Martin Girvan (2) | 1981 | Martin Girvan |
| 1982 | Robert Weir | 1982 | Martin Girvan |
| 1983 | Chris Black (3) | 1983 | Martin Girvan |
| 1984 | David Smith | 1984 | David Smith |
| 1985 | David Smith | 1985 | David Smith |
| 1986 | David Smith | 1986 | Paul Head |
| 1987 | David Smith | 1987 | David Smith |
| 1988 | David Smith (5) | 1988 | David Smith |
| 1989 | Paul Head | 1989 | Paul Head |
| 1990 | Paul Head | 1990 | Paul Head |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
| 1991 | Mick Jones | Fiona Whitehead | 1991 | Paul Head | nc |
| 1992 | Paul Head | nc | 1992 | Paul Head | nc |
| 1993 | Paul Head | Esther Augee | 1993 | Paul Head | Lorraine Shaw |
| 1994 | Peter Vivian | Lorraine Shaw | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Mick Jones | Lorraine Shaw | n/a | ||
| 1996 | David W. Smith | Lyn Sprules | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Paul Head (5) | Lyn Sprules | 1997 | Paul Head | Sarah Moore |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | Mick Jones | Lorraine Shaw |
| 1999 | Mick Jones | Lyn Sprules (3) |
| 2000 | Mick Jones | Lorraine Shaw |
| 2001 | Mick Jones | Lorraine Shaw |
| 2002 | Mick Jones | Lorraine Shaw |
| 2003 | Bill Beauchamp | Lorraine Shaw |
| 2004 | Mick Jones (8) | Lorraine Shaw (8) |
| 2005 | Andy Frost | Shirley Webb |
| 2006 | Andy Frost | Shirley Webb (2) |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
References
[edit]- ↑ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ↑ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.
