Mike Ellis (athlete)

Michael John "Mike" Ellis (born 3 September 1936 in London, Greater London) was an Olympic athlete from England.

Mike Ellis
Personal information
Full nameMichael John Ellis
Born3 September 1936 (1936-09-03) (age 83)
London, Greater London, England
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff Hammer throw

Athletics career

He specialised in the hammer throw events during his career. Ellis represented Great Britain at the 1960 Olympic Games.[1]

He represented England and claimed the gold medal for England in the men's hammer throw event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2][3] Just before those games, he was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.[4]

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References
  1. "SR/Olympics profile". Sports reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  4. Brown and Hogsbjerg, Apartheid is not a game, 16
  • Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign. London: Redwords, 2020. ISBN 9781912926589.


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