Darryn Hill
Darryn Hill (r.) Trying to stand with Jan van Eijden | |
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Full name | Darryn William Hill |
Date of birth | August 11, 1974 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | train |
Driver type | driver |
Most important successes | |
1995: World Champion - Sprint |
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Last updated: June 7, 2011 |
Darryn William Hill (born August 11, 1974 in Perth ) is a former Australian track cyclist and two-time world champion.
In 1991 and 1992 Darryn Hill finished on the podium at the Junior Track World Championships in the sprint and 1000 meter time trial . In 1994 he was third in the sprint at the Commonwealth Games and second at the UCI Track World Championships in Palermo . In 1995, in Bogotá , he won the sprint world title, and a year later the team sprint (with Gary Neiwand and Shane Kelly ).
In 1996, in Manchester , and in 1997 , in his hometown of Perth, Hill succeeded again in being third in the sprint at the track cycling world championships. At the Olympic Games in front of a home crowd in Sydney in 2000 , he won the bronze medal in the team sprint (with Gary Neiwand and Sean Eadie ), after he had already finished fifth in the sprint at the 1996 Atlanta Games .
In 1994 and 1995 Hill received the "Hubert Opperman Award" (called "Oppy Oscar"), named after the legendary Australian cycling star Hubert Opperman , for the best performance of the year in Australian sport.
Darryn Hill is known for his quick temper; he was involved in several brawls. In 2000 he attacked his teammate Ben Kersten during training and was fined by the Australian Cycling Federation.
Web links
- Darryn Hill in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Darryn Hill in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports Stars of the Year from 1956 on wasportsfed.asn.au (English) ( Memento from January 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Times Olympics.co.ok: "Cyclists in a spin" queried on February 22, 2010 (English)
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SURNAME | Hill, Darryn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hill, Darryn William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth |