Jo Hill
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Full name | Joanne Kay Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Murray Bridge, South Australia | 19 June 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joanne Kay Hill (born 19 June 1973) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]
Biography
Hill played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she won a silver medal.[2] She attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1992-1993.[3] Hill also represented Australia at the 1998 World Championship in Germany, where she won a bronze medal.[4][5] In 1993, Hill was a member of Australia's first ever basketball gold medal winning team at the World Championships for Junior Women held in South Korea.[6][7] While playing for the Opals, Hill was known as a talented and versatile player, who provided spark off the bench.[8]
In the domestic
At 37, Hill announced her retirement from professional basketball at the conclusion of the 2010/11 WNBL season.[12] However, she was enticed out of retirement to return to play for Adelaide Lightning for the 2011-12 season, where she was appointed captain.[9][13]
Awards
In 1993, Hill won the Halls Medal for the
References
- ^ FIBA Archive. Player Search: Joanne Kay Hill. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jo Hill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ISBN 174013060X.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1998 World Championship for Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1998 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1993 World Championships for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1993 World Championships for Junior Women. Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Australian Olympic Committee. Athlete Biography. Joanne Hill. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ a b c Bernard, Grantley (25 November 2011). Jo Hill up for long climb. Herald Sun. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. All-Time Playing Roster Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine (page 18). Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Players with 100 or more career games Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Aloia, Andrew (14 January 2011). One final finale drives retiring Jo. Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Nagy, Boti (27 April 2011). Olympian Hill returns to Lightning. Adelaide Now. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Halls Medal. Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Basketball Australia. WNBL All Star Five Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Basketball Australia. WNBL Life Members Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.