Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club

In 1924 the Harriers Athletic Club which would formally be called the Wolverhampton Athletics Club was founded.^[1] In 1943 the club merged with Penn Harriers to form the Wolverhampton Harriers.^[2]

In February 1967 after a local government reorganisation the two local athletic clubs, Wolverhampton Harriers and Bilston Town Athletic Club merged to form the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletic Club. ^[3][4]

The club won the Men's National League Division One from 1975 to 1982 and the Men's National Cup 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980.

Senior Men:

• British Athletics League
  • First Place: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
  • Second Place: 1974, 1984, 1985
  • Third Place: 1972, 1973, 1986, 1987

Olympians

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Athlete	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
Ralph Banthorpe	200 metres, 4 × 100 m relay	1968
Maureen Tranter	200 metres	1968	[5]
Don Halliday	100 m, 4 × 100 m	1972
Sonia Lannaman	100 metres, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay	1972, 1980
Rosemary Stirling	800 metres	1972
Verona Elder-Barnard	400 metres, 4 × 400 m relay	1972, 1976
Denise Brown	high jump	1976
Glen Cohen	400 m, 4 × 400 m relay	1976, 1980
Tessa Sanderson	javelin throw	1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Keith Connor	triple jump	1980, 1984
Kathy Smallwood-Cook	100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay	1980, 1984
Joan Baptiste	200 m	1984
Phil Beattie	400 m hurdles	1984
Garry Cook	4 × 400 m relay	1984
Martin Girvan	hammer throw	1984
Pat Beckford	400 m	1988
John King	long jump	1988
Paul Mardle	discus	1988
Joanne Mulliner	heptathlon	1988
Vernon Samuels	triple jump	1988
Steve Heard	800 m	1992
Lisa Langford-Kehler	10/20km walk	1992, 2000
Denise Lewis	heptathlon	1996, 2000, 2004

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Other

• Mike Bull, gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games