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
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]