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Albert George Hill (24 March 1889 – 8 January 1969) was a British track and field athlete.[1][2] He competed at the 1920 Olympics and won gold medals in the 800 m and 1500 m and a silver medal in the 3000 m team race.[3]

Albert Hill
Albert Hill at the 1920 Olympics
Personal information
Born24 March 1889
Tooting, London, UK
Died8 January 1969 (aged 79)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 m, 1500 m
ClubPolytechnic Harriers, London
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m – 1:53.4 (1920)
1000 yd – 2:15.0 (1920)
1500 m – 4:01.8 (1920)
Mile – 4:13.8 (1921)
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1920 Antwerp800 metres
1920 Antwerp1500 metres
1920 Antwerp3000 m team

Biography


Hill started out as a long-distance runner, winning the British AAA championships over 4 miles in 1910. During World War I he served with the Royal Flying Corps in France, and after the war changed to middle-distance running. Coached by Sam Mussabini (coach of 100 m Olympic Champions Reggie Walker and Harold Abrahams), he won the 880 yd and 1 mile at the 1919 AAA championships and then equalled the British record of 4:16.8 for 1 mile. He nearly was not selected for the Olympics the following year, the selectors considering the 31-year-old Hill too old. Finally, he was allowed to take part at the Olympics, which were held in Antwerp, Belgium. He made the final in the 800m, which was a closely contested race. In the end, the 31-year-old Hill beat American Earl Eby for the gold, setting a British record of 1:53.4 on a slow track.[3]

Two days later, Hill completed the middle distance double by winning the 1500 m as well, thus completing a "double" not replicated by a British athlete until Kelly Holmes at the 2004 Olympics. Helped by his compatriot, Philip Baker (who would receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959), he won comfortably, with Baker in second in a time of 4:01.8. Hill also competed in the 3000 m team race event, in which the British team finished second, earning Hill's third Olympic medal.[3]

Hill won the 1921 AAA mile championship in a British record of 4:13.8, this was 1.2 seconds outside the world record and the second fastest amateur time ever. Hill ended his running career in 1921 and became a coach himself, his most famous protégé being Sydney Wooderson. He emigrated to Canada shortly after World War II, and died there in 1969.[3]

In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.


References


  1. "Albert Hill". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. "Remembering Albert Hill's Olympic double, on its 100th anniversary | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. Albert Hill

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- [en] Albert Hill (athlete)

[fr] Albert Hill

Albert George Hill, né le 24 mars 1889 à Tooting à Londres et mort le 8 janvier 1969 à London (Ontario, Canada), est un athlète britannique, spécialiste du demi-fond.

[it] Albert Hill

Albert George Hill (Southwark, 24 marzo 1889 – London, 8 gennaio 1969) è stato un mezzofondista britannico, vincitore di due medaglie d'oro e una d'argento ai Giochi olimpici di Anversa nel 1920.

[ru] Хилл, Альберт

Альберт Хилл — британский легкоатлет, который специализировался в беге на средние дистанции. На олимпийских играх 1920 года выиграл золотые медали на дистанциях 800 и 1500 метров и серебряную медаль в командном зачёте в беге на 3000 метров. В личном первенстве бега на 3000 метров занял 7-е место.



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