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Harold Willers

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Harold Willers
Personal information
Birth nameHarold Willers
Born (1958-09-02) September 2, 1958 (age 66)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Hammer throw

Harold Willers (born September 2, 1958) is a Canadian former athlete who specialised in the hammer throw.[1]

A Victoria, British Columbia native, Willers attended Claremont Secondary School and took up the hammer throw as a varsity athlete at Simon Fraser University, where he set a record throw of 67.28 m and won three NAIA titles.[2]

Willers was the Canadian national hammer throw champion every year from 1981 to 1984. He featured in two editions of the Commonwealth Games, with his best placing sixth in Brisbane in 1982. At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Willers claimed a silver medal, behind Cuban Genovevo Morejón.[3]

For over 30 years, Willers was a throwing coach with the Valley Royals Track & Field Club in Abbotsford. He won Athletics Canada's Development Coach of the Year award in 2018 and trained 2024 Olympic finalist Rowan Hamilton.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Canadian Olympic Assn. has ruled that..." Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1987.
  2. ^ "Canadian wins". The Standard. May 19, 1978.
  3. ^ "Harold Willers (2014) - Hall of Fame". Simon Fraser University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Valley Royals' Willers wins national coaching award". The Abbotsford News. May 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Chilliwack's Harold Willers wins Athletics Canada coaching award". The Chilliwack Progress. May 23, 2018.