Matthew Mileham

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Matthew David Mileham (born 27 December 1956]) is a British retired hammer thrower. He represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Los Angeles in 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Mileham finished second behind Australian Peter Farmer at the 1979 AAA Championships^[2]but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British hammer throw champion^[3]

Mileham finished runner-up twice more at the AAAs in 1982 and 1986 and represented England in the hammer event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[4]^[5]^[6]

A student at California State University, Fresno he later worked as an electrical engineer. He was married to Olympian discus thrower Dr. Lacy Barnes-Mileham until they divorced in October 2009. Dr. Lacy Barnes-Mileham also attended Fresno State and was a discus thrower at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd	67.12 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	—	NM
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	6th	67.96 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	28th	62.42 m

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