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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Phil Spivey
- Phillip Spivey (born 1961) is a retired Australian hammer thrower. Phil Spivey started training for Hammer Throw in 1978, under the guidance of his long term coach, Gus Puopolo.
- He represented the Victoria Athletics team at both School and Open competitions in the junior ranks between 1978-1981.
- He was Australian Junior Hammer Throw Champion in 1979 & 1980 and finished second in 1978 & 1981.
- In each of these competitions he had an epic battle with New South Wales' Andrew Heyes; trading the Gold and Siver medals between then over the four year period. Phil Spivey was also the Australian All-Schools Hammer Throw champion in 1978 and 1979. At a senior level, Phil Spivey competed for Victoria Athletics at the Australian National Championships.
- (1982-1990).
- Although he never became the Australian senior champion, he finished in the top three at each national championship.
- His main competitors were Hans Lotz, Joe Quigley and Sean Carlin.
- Phil's personal best throw was 70.94 metres, achieved in July 1986 in an International match (Australia v England v Belgium) Hechtel,Phil Spivey competed in three Commonwealth Games, three international matches and one Pacific Conference Games for Australia as well as in two World Cups, where he represented Oceania.
- 1981 - Pacific Conference Games (Christchurch, NZ).
- 5th place.
- (His coach, Gus Puopolo, was also selected to compete in the Hammer Throw, finishing 3rd.) 1982 - Commonwealth Games (Brisbane, Australia) 7th place.
- (His coach, Gus Puopolo, was also selected to compete in the Hammer Throw, finishing 8th.) 1986 - Commonwealth Games (Edinburgh, Scotland) 3rd place.
- 1986 Commonwealth Games,1986 - "Rest of the Commonwealth" International match in Newcastle (UK), (Select Commonwealth team v Great Britain).
- 3rd place 1989 - World Cup (Barcelona, Spain) 6th place 1989 World Cup1990 - Commonwealth Games (Auckland, New Zealand) 4th place.
- 1990 Commonwealth Games,1992 - World Cup (Havana, Cuba) 8th place.
- 1992 World Cup Phil Spivey also has other Personal Best performances of: 60m - 7.1 (Standing Start) 100m - 11.1 Long Jump - 6.84m Shot Putt - 14.38m
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