# Mike Floyd

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{{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](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event       = Hammer throw
| club        = [Sale Harriers](/source/Sale_Harriers)
| birth_date  = 26 September 1976 
| birth_place = [Wigan](/source/Wigan), England
| death_date  =
| death_place = 
| height      =
| weight      =
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2010 Delhi](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games)|[Hammer throw](/source/Athletics_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games)}}
}}
'''Michael Anthony Floyd''' (born 26 September 1976) is an English former [hammer throw](/source/hammer_throw)er. At the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_hammer_throw) 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](/source/Wigan), England, was a member of the [Sale Harriers](/source/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](/source/AAA_Championships) in [2003](/source/2003_AAA_Championships) and [2006](/source/2006_AAA_Championships), as well as having third-placed finishes in [2002](/source/2002_AAA_Championships) and [2004](/source/2004_AAA_Championships).<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](/source/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](/source/European_Champion_Clubs_Cup_(athletics)) in 2008, and placed seventh at the international [2008 European Cup](/source/2008_European_Cup_(athletics)) that same year.<ref name=PO10/>

== International competitions ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|2008
|[European Cup](/source/2008_European_Cup_(athletics))
|[Annecy](/source/Annecy), France
|7th
|Hammer throw
|67.86 m
|-
|2010
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games)
|New Delhi, India
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[Hammer throw](/source/Athletics_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_hammer_throw)
|69.34 m
|}

== See also ==
*[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men)](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Games_medallists_in_athletics_(men))

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}

{{British Athletics Championships men's hammer throw champions}}
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Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:English men hammer throwers
Category:British men hammer throwers
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:British Athletics Championships winners
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics

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