Albert Hill is a British athlete who specialized in middle distance running. At the Olympic Games of 1920, he won gold medals at distances of 800 and 1,500 meters and a silver medal in the team event in the 3,000 meter race. In the individual championship of 3000 meters, he took 7th place.
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| Full name | Albert george hill | |||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | March 24, 1889 Southwark | |||||||||||||
| Date and Place of Death | January 8, 1969 (aged 79) London (Canada) | |||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Nike beaverton | |||||||||||||
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| 800 m | 1.53.4 | |||||||||||||
| 1,500 m | 4.01.8 | |||||||||||||
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Biography
Born March 24, 1989 in the family of a stationery packer William Thomas Hill and his wife Elizabeth Haddy. On July 21, 1912, he married Lily Wood, born in 1890, who gave birth to two children. They settled in the East London Dalwich area of London.
World War II intervened in preparation for the 1916 Olympic Games. During the war he served in France as a signalman for the British Air Force. In 1919 he returned to his homeland, and again began to train.
In 1923 he became an assistant to his former trainer Sam Mussabini. After the death of Mussabini, he became the head coach of the Polytechnic Harriers club. In 1931, a schoolboy Sydney Wooders came to train with him, who later under his leadership will become a two-time European champion. In 1947 he left for Canada with his wife and youngest daughter, where he died in 1969.
Sports career
At the age of 15, he joined the Gainsford Sports Club, in which he was engaged in swimming, cycling and athletics.
In 1907, 1908 and 1909 he was the champion of London among juniors. In 1910, he won the UK Championship in 4-mile race. He did not participate in the championships of Great Britain in 1911 and 1912, therefore he did not join the national team for the 1912 Olympics.
In December 1912, he entered the Polytechnic Harriers Sports Club, where Sam Mussabini became his coach. According to his leadership, he took 2nd place in the UK championship in the race for half a mile.
He won the 1919 National Half Mile and 1 Mile Championships. In 1921 he completed his sports career.