{{short description|English hammer thrower}} {{for|the American football player|Michael Floyd}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mike Floyd | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Hammer throw | club = Sale Harriers | birth_date = 26 September 1976 | birth_place = Wigan, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2010 Delhi|Hammer throw}} }} '''Michael Anthony Floyd''' (born 26 September 1976) is an English former hammer thrower. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi he won a bronze medal. He holds a personal best of {{T&Fcalc|72.45}}, set in 2011.
== Biography == Floyd, born in Wigan, England, was a member of the Sale Harriers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19980530/071/0071 |title=Anthony's Gold Aim |work=Manchester Evening News |date=30 May 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> Nationally, he ranked second at the AAA Championships in 2003 and 2006, as well as having third-placed finishes in 2002 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> Floyd won his first national title at the British Athletics Championships in 2008. He was runner-up at the British Athletics Championships in 2007, 2010 and 2011, and third at the 2009 championships.<ref name=PO10>[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=25885 Mike Floyd]. Power of 10. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref>
He was the Division B winner at the European Champion Clubs Cup in 2008, and placed seventh at the international 2008 European Cup that same year.<ref name=PO10/>
== International competitions == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |2008 |European Cup |Annecy, France |7th |Hammer throw |67.86 m |- |2010 |Commonwealth Games |New Delhi, India |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Hammer throw |69.34 m |}
== See also == *List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{World Athletics}}
{{British Athletics Championships men's hammer throw champions}} {{authority control}}
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