Four Team USA Athletes Receive 2023 Community Champions Awards
The four Community Champions were selected for the nonprofit work they do in their communities.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
6'4"
Age
30
Hometown
Inglewood, CA
Education
Hiram College
classification: S9, SB9, SM9
Personal
- At a young age Hill struggled with some basic movements and was hospitalized for a few weeks as a young boy after becoming paralyzed when he got the flu
- It wasn’t until he was 23 that his parents told him specifically that he had a condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a neurological condition that affects the muscles in his arms and legs
- Hill has a goal of teaching one million people how to swim through his foundation, Swim Uphill
- Son of James Hill and Sandra Floyd-Hill
- Trains at the Boys and Girls Club of Pasadena, California, where he was once used to be a club member
- Hobbies include business building, marketing, branding, picnics, reading, listening to audio books, coaching and surfing
- Recipient of the 2023 Team USA Community Champions in partnership with Comcast award
Career Highlights
- 2019 World Para Swimming World Series Indianapolis, 2nd (100-meter freestyle)
- 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships, 1st (100-meter freestyle, 50-meter freestyle), 2nd (100-meter backstroke)
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 5th (50m Freestyle S9 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (50m Freestyle S9 - Men), 8th (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Men), 9th (4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Men), 16th (100m Freestyle S10 - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – (100m Freestyle S9 - Men), 4th (50m Freestyle S9 - Men), 5th (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Mixed, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Mixed)
- Years of participation: 100m Freestyle S9 - Men 2022, 2023; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Mixed 2022, 2023; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Mixed 2022, 2023; 50m Freestyle S9 - Men 2022, 2023
- Medals: 2 (2 silver)
- Silver – 2022 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Mixed, 50m Freestyle S9 - Men)
Athlete News#
Para Swimming's Jamal Hill: How I Embraced My Disability And Became A Paralympic Medal Swimmer
My journey to becoming a Paralympic athlete started with a secret — a secret I carried for more than a decade. At the age of 10, I was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a hereditary neurological condition that affects my peripheral nerves, maki...
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