Phelan Hill

Phelan Hill
MBE

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-07-21) 21 July 1979 (age 45) Bedford, Bedfordshire, 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+

Phelan Hill (born 21 July 1979) is a British rowing coxswain. He is a three-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.^[1][2] In 2016, he competed in the Men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal.

Hill was born and brought up in Bedford, and attended Bedford School, where he first learnt to row.^[3] He later attended the University of Leicester where he graduated in 2001 with a degree in Law (LLB).^[4]

He was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, James Foad, Alex Partridge, Moe Sbihi, Greg Searle, Tom Ransley and Daniel Ritchie.^[5]

He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie, Tom Ransley, Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Moe Sbihi, Andrew Triggs Hodge, George Nash and Will Satch.^[6]

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.^[7] He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Tom Ransley and Constantine Louloudis.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

• 2012 London – Bronze, Men's Eight
• 2016 Rio – Gold, Men's Eight^[11]

• 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

• 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