Phelan Hill

Phelan Hill MBE[1] (born 21 July 1979) is a British rowing coxswain. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.[2][3] In 2016, he competed in the Men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal.

Phelan Hill
MBE

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-07-21) 21 July 1979 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Residence	Putney, London, England
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Event(s)	Men's Eight, Men's Coxed Four
Club	Leander Club and London Rowing Club
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's eight 2012 London Men's eight World Championships 2013 Chungju M8+ 2014 Amsterdam M8+ 2015 Aiguebelette M8+ 2010 Karapiro M8+ 2011 Bled M8+ European Championships 2015 Poznan Eight 2014 Belgrade M8+

Early life

Hill was born and brought up in Bedford, and attended Bedford School, where he first learnt to row.[4] He later attended the University of Leicester where he graduated in 2001 with a degree in Law (LLB).[5]

Rowing

2014

On 17 March 2014 Hill coxed the composite crew that won the Women's Eights Head of the River Race on the River Thames in London, setting a record time of 17:42.2 for the 4 1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney.[6]

2015

On 14 March 2015 Hill coxed the composite crew that won the Women's Eights Head of the River Race on the River Thames in London, setting a time of 18:58.6 for the 4 1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney.[7] He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Matt Gotrel, Constantine Louloudis, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash and Will Satch.[8]

Rowing medals

Olympic Games

• 2012 London – Bronze, Men's Eight
• 2016 Rio – Gold, Men's Eight[9]

World Championships

• 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's Eight
• 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's Eight
• 2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's Eight
• 2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's Eight
• 2015 Aiguebelette – Gold, Men's Eight

World Cups

• 2007 Amsterdam – Gold, Eight
• 2009 Banyoles – Bronze, Eight
• 2009 Munich – Bronze, Eight
• 2010 Bled – Gold, Eight
• 2010 Munich – Bronze, Eight
• 2010 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight
• 2011 Munich – Silver, Eight
• 2011 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight
• 2012 Belgrade – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Lucerne – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Munich – Bronze, Eight

References

1. "2017 New Year Honours" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
2. "Phelan Hill Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
3. "Phelan Hill". London 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
4. "Phelan Hill | Biographies". British Rowing. 21 July 1979. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
5. Keeling, Philip (21 July 2016). "Leicester law graduate to compete at Rio Olympics". University of Leicester. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
6. Women's Eights Head of the River Race, Official Results Archive. 2014 results Archived 15 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
7. WEHORR Results = 2015 Archived 15 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
8. "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
9. John, Emma (13 August 2016). "Britain's men's eight row to Olympic gold glory as women take silver". The Observer. Retrieved 14 August 2016.