Darryn Hill

Darryn Hill
Darryn Hill (right)
Personal information
Full nameDarryn William Hill
Born (1974-08-11) 11 August 1974 (age 50)
Perth, Western Australia
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprint
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Sprint
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 1 km time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Bogotá Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1996 Manchester Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 1994 Palermo Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Manchester Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Perth Sprint

Darryn William Hill (born 11 August 1974 in Perth) is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling. Hill was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]

Major results

1994
Commonwealth Games, Victoria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 km time trial
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sprint
Track Cycling World Championships, Palermo
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sprint
1995
Track Cycling World Championships, Bogotá
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sprint
1996
Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team Sprint (with Shane Kelly and Gary Neiwand)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sprint
1997
Track Cycling World Championships, Perth
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sprint
1998
Track Cycling World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Keirin, Berlin
Commonwealth Games, Kual Lumpur
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sprint
1999
Track Cycling World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sprint, Mexico City
2000
Olympic Games, Sydney
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sprint

References

  1. ^ AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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