Martin Bilham (born 1946), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

He represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and won a

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in the 4 x 400 metres relay, at the

1970 British Commonwealth Games The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...

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. In 1970 he set his personal best time of 46.65 as English champion and competed in the

1971 European Athletics Championships The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results ...

References

1946 births English male sprinters Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub