{{short description|British hammer thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Paul Head | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|07|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Forest Gate, Greater London | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Hammer throw | height = 193 cm | weight = 115 kg | club = Newham & Essex Beagles AC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1994 Victoria | hammer}} {{MedalBronze| 2002 Manchester | hammer}} }}
'''Paul Head''' (born 1 July 1965) is a male retired hammer thrower from England who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69125 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Head competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.<ref name=oly/> A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best (74.02 metres) on 30 August 1990.
He competed in four successive Commonwealth Games; he represented England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> before winning a silver medal when representing England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> He represented England for the third time, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38607|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
Head was 12-times British hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 1990, 1993 and 1997, the UK Athletics Championships in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1997<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=21 June 2025}}</ref> and by virtue of being the best placed AAA British athlete in 1989 and 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=21 June 2025}}</ref>
== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=2|'''1990''' |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |6th |68.14 m |- |European Championships |Split, FR Yugoslavia |11th |72.68 m |- |'''1991''' |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |20th (q) |68.52 m |- |rowspan=2|'''1992''' |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |22nd (q) |69.58 m |- |IAAF World Cup |Havana, Cuba |6th |70.32 m |- |'''1993''' |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |22nd (q) |68.88 m |- |rowspan=2|'''1994''' |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |70.18 m |- |IAAF World Cup |London, United Kingdom |8th |68.38 m |- |'''1998''' |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |4th |70.36 m |- |'''2002''' |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, United Kingdom |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |68.60 m |}
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{World Athletics}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/paul-head-1.html sports-reference] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718195752/http://hammerthrow.wz.cz/cel.php?id=2903&raz=rok&raz1=DESC Profile] {{Footer UK NC Hammer Men}}
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