Richard Hill (athlete)
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Richard Hill is an English 800m runner
. He has run for Great Britain (GB), Notts AC and UWIC.
On 10 June 2006, Richard won the A-race of the BMC Grand Prix event at Watford in a time of 1:45.10. This time made Richard British No 1 for 2006. The race itself was notable too, because due to second placed Michael Rimmer
and third placed Sam Ellis
also running good times, British athletes held the top 3 places in the European 800m rankings (for a short while). This was the first time this had occurred in over 20 years.
Richard competed for GB at the European Championships in Gothenburg
in 2006.
Richard has an elder brother, Craig, who competed at county level in cross country helping pave a successful path for Richard in athletics. Craig also has won the national BCC titles in volleyball and football showing sporting genes run in the family.
Richard, who also had trial spells with Leeds United FC, attributes his success to his PE teacher, parents and older brother.
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
. He has run for Great Britain (GB), Notts AC and UWIC.
On 10 June 2006, Richard won the A-race of the BMC Grand Prix event at Watford in a time of 1:45.10. This time made Richard British No 1 for 2006. The race itself was notable too, because due to second placed Michael Rimmer
Michael Rimmer
Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...
and third placed Sam Ellis
Sam Ellis
Samuel "Sam" Ellis is an English football coach and former player. He left his post as assistant manager of on December 30, 2010.-Career:...
also running good times, British athletes held the top 3 places in the European 800m rankings (for a short while). This was the first time this had occurred in over 20 years.
Richard competed for GB at the European Championships in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
in 2006.
Richard has an elder brother, Craig, who competed at county level in cross country helping pave a successful path for Richard in athletics. Craig also has won the national BCC titles in volleyball and football showing sporting genes run in the family.
Richard, who also had trial spells with Leeds United FC, attributes his success to his PE teacher, parents and older brother.