Ken Churchill

Ken Churchill

Ken Churchill (born 10 May 1975 in South Bank, Middlesbrough) is a British athlete who competes in the F37 category of Paralympic javelin. He is a member of Durham AC.

He has competed in five Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in 1992 in Barcelona and gold in 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney a 2004 in Athens setting a new world record with a throw of 48.09 in the javelin. [ [http://www.paralympics.org.uk/board.asp?section=0001000100160002&sectionTitle=ParalympicsGB+athletics+team] , Athletics Team Biographies] He also got a bronze in shot put in 1996 and finished in 6th place in javelin at the 2008 Paralympics.

He also won gold at the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships of 2002, and silver at the 2006 edition of the same Games. [ [http://www.ukathletics.net/press-centre/news/september/article-24/ "Churchill wins silver"] , UK Athletics, September 2006]

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