Ollie Hill

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]

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]