Oliver Hill (born 1989)[1] is a British para-snowboarder and former motorcycle racer. He competes in snowboarding events for athletes with lower limb disabilities. Hill came third in the banked slalom events at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships.
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| Birth name | Oliver Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Hill is from Reading, England.[1] He began snowboarding at the age of eight, and later also competed in motocross,[2] and the Triumph Triple Challenge superbike competition.[1] In December 2018, he was involved in a car accident which resulted in his right leg being amputated.[2][3] In March 2019, he received a prosthetic leg.[4]
Career edit
Hill competes in snowboarding events for athletes with lower limb disabilities.[5] In 2020, Hill joined GB Snowsport.[4][6] He came second at the 2020-21 World Cup event in Pyhätunturi, behind fellow Briton James Barnes-Miller.[7] Hill finished second overall in the 2021 World Para Snowboard World Cup, with a best finish of second at an event in Colere, Italy.[1] At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway, Hill and Barnes-Miller won the bronze medal in the men's team event.[8][9] He also came fourth in the individual banked slalom event,[3] after losing the bronze-medal race to Australian Ben Tudhope.[10]
At the 2022 Winter Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the banked slalom event.[11] He was the first Briton to win a snowboarding medal at the Paralympics.[2][3] He was third after the first run in the event, and did not improve on his second run.[4][6] During the Paralympics, Hill had switched off his phone and chosen to avoid social media.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Oliver Hill". Gb Snowsport. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Winter Paralympics: Ollie Hill wins bronze for Britain's first snowboard medal". BBC Sport. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Snowboarder Ollie Hill blocks out social media buzz to make Winter Paralympic history". The Independent. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Winter Paralympics: Ollie Hill 'listened to grime' as he won bronze at Beijing 2022". BBC Sport. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Oliver Hill". GB Snowsport. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Winter paralympics 2022: historic bronze for GB snowboarder Ollie Hill". The Guardian. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "WHAT A YEAR FOR GB SKIING & SNOWBOARDING: SEASON REVIEW". Planet Ski. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "'O Canada' rings out twice as country's riders sweep team events". Paralympic.org. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (22 January 2022). "Canada claim snowboard cross team titles at World Para Snow Sports Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "World Para Snow Sports Championships: Britain's James Barnes-Miller wins Para-snowboard bronze". BBC Sport. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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