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Reginald James Reg Spiers (born 14 December 1941) is a former leading Australian athlete who competed in the javelin throw at the 1962 Commonwealth Games before his conviction on drug smuggling charges.Born in Adelaide Spiers who grew to be over two metres tall and strongly built took up javelin and became one of the leading javelin throwers in Australia while still a teenager placing third in the 1960/61 Australian Track and Field Championships and second in 1961/62.His results led to his qualification for the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth Western Australia where he came fifth with a best throw of 69.70 metres.Spiers continued to compete but his performances during the 1963/64 Australian summer were not enough to gain admission to the 1964 Australian Olympic team so Spiers travelled to England in an attempt to qualify during the English summer.