Richard Hill (born 12 February 1986) is an English former middle-distance runner who competed in the

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. He ran for Great Britain, Notts AC and UWIC. On 10 June 2006, Richard won the A-race of the BMC Grand Prix event at Watford in a time of 1:45.10. This time made Richard British No 1 for 2006. The race itself was notable too, because due to second placed

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and third placed Sam Ellis also running good times,Athletics: Hill to lead middle men to top , Athletics , Guardian Unlimited Sport
/ref> British athletes held the top 3 places in the European 800m rankings (for a short while). This was the first time this had occurred in over 20 years. Richard competed for GB at the European Championships in

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in 2006. Richard has an elder brother, Craig, who competed at county level in cross country helping pave a successful path for Richard in athletics. Craig also has won the national BCC titles in volleyball and football showing sporting genes run in the family. Richard, who also had trial spells with

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, attributes his success to his PE teacher, parents and older brother.

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