Hill, born in
Leeds,
West Yorkshire, won a bronze medal at the
1993 World Championships and a silver medal at the
1998 European Championships. He represented Great Britain at four
Olympic Games and competed in over 20 major championships between 1983 and 2002, only failing to reach the final twice. He has since coached
heptathlete Jessica Ennis. He is also a four-time
Commonwealth Games medallist. He represented
England and won a silver medal, at the
1986 Commonwealth Games in
Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later he represented
England and won another silver, at the
1990 Commonwealth Games in
Auckland,
New Zealand. A third silver medal was won when he represented
England at the
1994 Commonwealth Games in
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada before he won his first medal of a different colour, winning a
bronze medal for
England, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Hill is a seven-times
British javelin throw champion having won the British
AAA Championships title for the first time at the
1987 AAA Championships and subsequently in 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002 and 2003. Additionally he won the
UK Athletics Championships title in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992 and 1993 and was a great rival of
Steve Backley. == Achievements ==