Katie Hill (basketball)

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| club = Sydney University Flames

| sport = Wheelchair basketball

| country = Australia

| event = Women's team

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Katie Hill (born 17 February 1984) is an Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player. She participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a silver medal. She has over 100 international caps playing for Australia.

Hill plays for the Sydney University Flames in the Australian Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL). As the Hills Hornets, her team won the league championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009. After changing their name to the Sydney University Flames, they again won the WNWBL championship in 2010. She was named 4 point Most Valuable Player (MVP) and a member of the All Star Five in 2007. In 2009, she scored 21 points in the Hornets' 66–49 final win against the Perth Western Stars, and was named MVP of the finals series.

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 Kogarah, New South Wales, on 17 February 1984,{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsfan.com.au/more/paralympics/teams/athletebio/tabid/712/athleteid/568/default.aspx |title=Paralympic Athlete Bio – Katie Hill |access-date=10 September 2013|publisher=sportsfan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104918/http://www.sportsfan.com.au/more/paralympics/teams/athletebio/tabid/712/athleteid/568/default.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2015 }} the youngest of three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/katie-hill |title=Katie Hill |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=10 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106101721/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/katie-hill |archive-date= 6 November 2013 }} She has spina bifida, a condition she has had since birth.{{cite book|title=Media Guide, London 2012 Paralympic Games|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|year=2012|location=Homebush Bay, New South Wales|chapter=Wheelchair Basketball|pages=92–99 [97]}} {{As of|2013}}, she lives in Panania, New South Wales, and works as a receptionist at Salesforce.com.

Wheelchair basketball

Hill is a 3.0 point player, who started playing wheelchair basketball in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.nswis.com.au/topical/london-2012/wheelchair-basketball/katie-hill.aspx |title=NSWIS: Katie Hill |publisher=NSWIS |access-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420175714/http://www.nswis.com.au/topical/london-2012/wheelchair-basketball/katie-hill.aspx |archive-date=20 April 2013 }} In financial year 2012/13, the Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$20,000 grant as part of their Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program. She received $11,000 in 2011/12, $17,000 in 2010/11, $5,571.42 in 2009/10 and $5,200 in 2008/09.{{cite web|url=https://ausport.gov.au/supporting/funding/grants_and_scholarships/grant_funding_report|title=Grant Funding Report|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Bruce, Australian Capital Territory|access-date=15 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410184601/http://www.ausport.gov.au/supporting/funding/grants_and_scholarships/grant_funding_report|archive-date=10 April 2012}} In 2012 and 2013, she had a scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.nswis.com.au/topical/london-2012/wheelchair-basketball.aspx |title=NSWIS: Wheelchair basketball |publisher=NSWIS |access-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515101731/http://www.nswis.com.au/topical/london-2012/wheelchair-basketball.aspx |archive-date=15 May 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nswis.com.au/assets/documents/Scholarship%20Holders%20-%20Basketball%20April%202013.pdf |publisher=New South Wales Institute of Sport |title=Scholarship Holders – Basketball April 2013 |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215064001/http://www.nswis.com.au/assets/documents/Scholarship%20Holders%20-%20Basketball%20April%202013.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2014 }}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/hill-katie-5515070/|title=Katie Hill|publisher=London2012.com|access-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829182024/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/hill-katie-5515070/|archive-date=29 August 2012}} Playing with the Hills Hornets, who won the league championship, she was named 4 point Most Valuable Player (MVP) and part of the All Star Five in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=11-6734-0-0-0&sID=126313&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=15953338 |title=All Star Five |publisher=Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League |access-date=28 September 2013}} In the 2009 finals series, she scored 20 points in the semi-final to get the Hills Hornets into the final, and then 21 points and 7 assists in the Hornets won 66–49 final win against the Perth Western Stars. She was named MVP of the finals series.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6734-0-0-0&sID=119018&articleID=9947321&news_task=DETAIL |publisher=Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League |title=Katie Hill – MVP for Final Series |access-date=28 September 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3422/00/81/49/79Q0sbcUQw7A/ |title=2009 WNWBL Final Stats |publisher=FIBA |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002051541/http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3422/00/81/49/79Q0sbcUQw7A/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=870&cHash=f2bc617d1c |title=Hills Hornets Take the Title |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912020436/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=870&cHash=f2bc617d1c |url-status=dead }} In all, the Hornets won eight straight championships from 2002 to 2009, before changing their name to the Sydney University Flames in 2010, and claiming a ninth title that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6734-0-0-0&sID=119018&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=23822855 |title=Team Preview: Sydney University Flames |publisher=Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League |access-date=28 September 2013}}

=National team=

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Hill made her national team debut in 2005 in Malaysia at the World Junior Wheelchair Basketball Championships. She played for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team, universally known as the Gliders,{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=334 |title=Gliders |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=25 July 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226202712/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=334 |url-status=dead }} at the IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 2006, where the Gliders came fourth,{{cite web|url=http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/world-events/world-championships |publisher=International Wheelchair Basketball Federation |title=World Championships – Results |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709073803/http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/world-events/world-championships |archive-date= 9 July 2014 }} at the 2007 Asia Oceania Qualification tournament, and at the 2007 and 2009 Osaka Cup in Japan. She subsequently represented Australia at the 2010 World Championships in Birmingham, where the Gliders again finished fourth, and was a member of the 2010 team that played in the Osaka Cup.{{cite web|last=Nageshwar |first=Pranesh |url=http://hills-shire-times.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/back-to-back-titles-the-goal-for-hills-hornets/ |title=Back-to-back titles the goal for Hills Hornets |work=Hills Shire Times|date=1 February 2010 |access-date=17 September 2012}} By August 2012, she had played 110 international games.{{cite book |title=Official Results Book |page=4152|publisher=London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games |location=London |year=2012}}

=Paralympics=

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Hill was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=/paralympics/2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913083648/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/04/2355383.htm?site=/paralympics/2008|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2008|access-date=9 September 2011|date=4 September 2008|title=Event guide: Wheelchair basketball|publisher=ABC|first=Andrew|last=McGarry}}{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|publisher=Basketball Australia|year=2010|title=Basketball Chronology|access-date=9 September 2011|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221025545/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=471|url-status=dead}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-prevail-thriller |title=Gliders Prevail in Thriller |date=30 August 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903104118/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-prevail-thriller |archive-date= 3 September 2012 }} Great Britain,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-win-comfortably-against-host |title=Gliders Win Comfortably Against Host |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902103742/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-win-comfortably-against-host |archive-date= 2 September 2012 }} and the Netherlands,{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-secure-quarter-final-place |title=Gliders Secure Quarter-final Place |date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |last=Abbott |first=Chris |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909172934/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-secure-quarter-final-place |archive-date= 9 September 2012 }} but lost to the Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2701&cHash=a1295ff31f |title=Gliders shocked by Canada |date=2 September 2012 |publisher=Basketball Australia |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191542/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2701&cHash=a1295ff31f |url-status=dead }} This was enough to advance the Gliders to the quarter-finals, where they beat Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-dominate-mexico |title=Gliders Dominate Mexico |last=Abbott |first=Chris |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=2 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905004501/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/gliders-dominate-mexico |archive-date= 5 September 2012 }} The Gliders then defeated the United States by a point to set up a final clash with Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-07/gliders-down-champions-to-reach-final/4247772 |title=Gliders down champions to reach final |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=30 January 2013 }} The Gliders lost 44–58, and earned a silver medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/gliders-get-rolled-for-gold-by-german-muscle-20120908-25kzz.html#ixzz2JZwF7Ntf |title=Gliders get rolled for gold by German muscle |work=The Age |last=Paxinos|first=Stathi |date=9 September 2013 |access-date=1 February 2013}} Hill played in all seven games, for a total of 107 minutes, scoring 25 points, with six assists and eight rebounds.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/event/women/teamstatistics/type=cumulative-tot/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620023202/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/event/women/teamstatistics/type%3Dcumulative-tot/index.html |archive-date=20 June 2013 |title=Women's Wheelchair Basketball – Statistics |publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Statistics

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Australian Paralympian of the Year 2012 ceremony at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia]]

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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
style="background: #eeeeee;" \| 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
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