Katie Hill (basketball)
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 17 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||
Club | Sydney University Flames | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katie Hill (born 17 February 1984) is an Australian
Hill plays for the Sydney University Flames in the Australian Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL). As the
Hill made her national team debut in 2005 in Malaysia at the World Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships, and has played for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, universally known as the Gliders, at the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Amsterdam in 2006 and Birmingham in 2010, and at the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Osaka Cups in Japan.
Personal life
Katie Hill was born in
Wheelchair basketball
Hill is a
Club
Hill currently plays club wheelchair basketball for the Sydney University Flames in the Australian Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL), and the Sydney University Wheelkings in the mixed National Wheelchair basketball League.
National team
Hill made her national team debut in 2005 in Malaysia at the World Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships.[5] She played for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, universally known as the Gliders,[15] at the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 2006,[9] where the Gliders came fourth,[16] at the 2007 Asia Oceania Qualification tournament, and at the 2007 and 2009 Osaka Cup in Japan.[9] She subsequently represented Australia at the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham, where the Gliders again finished fourth,[16][3] and was a member of the 2010 team that played in the Osaka Cup.[17] By August 2012, she had played 110 international games.[18]
Paralympics
Hill was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[19][3][20] and again at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. The Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics posted wins in the group stage against Brazil,[21] Great Britain,[22] and the Netherlands,[23] but lost to the Canada.[24] This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.[25] The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.[26] The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.[27] Hill played in all seven games, for a total of 107 minutes, scoring 25 points, with six assists and eight rebounds.[28]
Statistics
Competition | Season | Matches | FGM–FGA | FG% | 3FGM–3FGA | 3FG% | FTM–FTA | FT% | PF | Pts | TOT | AST | PTS |
WNWBL | 2009 | 15 | 81–215 | 37.7 | 5–25 | 20.0 | 8–29 | 27.6 | 175 | 260 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 11.7 |
WNWBL | 2010 | 18 | 104–261 | 39.8 | 2–15 | 13.3 | 8–18 | 44.4 | 218 | 250 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 12.1 |
WNWBL | 2011 | 6 | 11–20 | 55.0 | — | 0.0 | — | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
WNWBL | 2012 | 14 | 69–193 | 35.8 | 2–17 | 11.8 | 7–20 | 35.0 | 37 | 147 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 10.5 |
WNWBL | 2013 | 11 | 51–137 | 37.2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 14 | 102 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage |
3FGM, 3FGA, 3FG%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage |
FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage |
PF: personal fouls |
Pts, PTS: points , average per game
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TOT: turnovers average per game |
AST: assists average per game |
References
- ^ a b "Paralympic Athlete Bio - Katie Hill". Bigpond. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "Wheelchair Basketball". Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games. Homebush Bay, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. pp. 92–99 [97].
- ^ a b "Katie Hill". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "NSWIS: Katie Hill". NSWIS. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Grant Funding Report". Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "NSWIS: Wheelchair basketball". NSWIS. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Scholarship Holders - Basketball April 2013" (PDF). New South Wales Institute of Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Player Profile – Katie Hill (3.0)". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "All Star Five". Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Team Preview: Sydney University Flames". Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Katie Hill - MVP for Final Series". Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "2009 WNWBL Final Stats". FIBA. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Hills Hornets Take the Title". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Gliders". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ a b "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ Nageshwar, Pranesh (1 February 2010). "Back-to-back titles the goal for Hills Hornets". Hills Shire Times. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2012. p. 4152.
- ^ McGarry, Andrew (4 September 2008). "Event guide: Wheelchair basketball". ABC. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Basketball Chronology". Basketball Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 3 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Gliders shocked by Canada". Basketball Australia. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 5 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Gliders down champions to reach final". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi (9 September 2013). "Gliders get rolled for gold by German muscle". The Age. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Wheelchair Basketball - Statistics". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.