Jim Hill (born July 1, 1961) is an American former distance runner who competed over distances from the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

to the

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. He represented the United States at the

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st World Championships in Athletics (; ) were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium (Helsinki), Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983 ...

in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

, where he finished 16th overall, and at the

1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Limerick, Ireland, at the Greenpark Racecourse on 25 March 1979. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, ...

in the junior men's race where he finished 12th individually and helped his team to a 4th-place finish. He was also a five-time NCAA Division 1 All American and 4 time Pac 10 Champion in cross country and track and field while at the University of Oregon.

Early life and education

Hill was born on July 1, 1961, in

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, and attended

Oakton High School Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to Vienna, Virginia, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia. As of the 2023-24 school year, it h ...

, where he competed in Track and field and Cross Country, winning five state titles. He graduated from the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...

with a degree in finance.

Career

He then founded a company focused on designing clothing that is comfortable for running, cross country skiing, cycling, and hiking in different types of weather.

International competitions

SportHill

Hill is the founder of SportHill, an athletic wear company. The company was founded in 1985 after he graduated from university where his goal was to develop better running gear using high quality fabrics that last.The SportHill Story
SportHill Direct, Inc. Retrieved 2023-07-06

Personal bests

– 3:39.85 (1982) *

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– 3:56.41 (1982) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 7.48.82 (1984) *

– 13:19.73 (1983) *

– 27:55.23 (1983)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Jim 1961 births Living people American male cross country runners American male middle-distance runners Oakton High School alumni Track and field athletes from Virginia University of Oregon alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen