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The Hill family is a prominent family in Australian judo, having provided a number of National Judo Champions, competitors to the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and Judo administrators.
Colin Hill (born 1941) was the President of the Judo Federation of Australia from 2010-2012, and Treasurer from 2006-2009. He is the father of Narelle, Steven, Jenny, Thomas, Matthew and Deborah. He has previously served as Manager of the Australian Judo Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. In 2015, he was awarded Life Membership of the JFA.
Narelle Hill (born 1969) was a member of the Australian Judo Team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She won the Bronze medal in the Women's -66 kg division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. She has been Australian Champion five times.
Steven Hill (born 1971) was a member of the Australian Judo Team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He was a Coach in the Australian Judo Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He has been Australian Champion five times.
Jenny Hill (born 1972) was a member of the Australian Judo Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
Thomas Hill (born 1974) was a member of the Australian Judo Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and was a Coach in the Australian Judo Team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He won the Gold medal in the Men's -73 kg division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He has been Australian Champion nine times. Thomas also has 6 children who are also rising judo stars. Thomas and Steven have now opened their own judo gym, Hill Sports Academy which is in Belconnen in Canberra.
Matthew Hill (born 1976) has been Australian Champion twice. He was also a member of the 1994 Australian Schoolboys rugby Team.
Deborah Hill (born 1978) has been Australian Champion once.
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the eighth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.
Giaan Leigh Rooney, OAM is an Australian former competitive swimmer and television personality. As a member of the Australian team in women's 4×100-metre medley relay, she won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rooney is currently an Australian television presenter.
Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.
Kate Louise Howey is a former elite British judoka. She remains the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals and shares with fellow Olympic medalist Karina Bryant the record of being the only British judoka to have competed at four Olympic Games.
Kosei Inoue is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari.
Brent James Livermore OAM is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the year award in 2001. He was also nominated of the FIH Player of the Year awards in 2002 and 2005. He has played over 300 matches for the Australian team, and has scored 30 international goals. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League.
Craig Victory is a field hockey striker from Australia who played 102 international games for the Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and Champions Trophy Gold Medalist and was an Olympic Bronze Medalist with the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras at the 2000 in Sydney.
James A. Pedro is an American retired World Championship and Olympic judoka and current judo coach. Pedro currently holds a 7th degree black belt in judo. He is the coach of Kayla Harrison, the first American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in judo.
Morgan Martin Endicott-Davies is an Australian Olympic judo competitor. He is a multiple-time Australian and New Zealand national judo champion and international medallist in judo. He is widely known for his uchi mata, taiotoshi, and juji gatame techniques.
Gary Neiwand is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is a former world champion, who also won four Olympic medals during his career.
Raymond Stevens is a male retired judoka from the United Kingdom.
Maarten Johannes Arens is a Dutch judoka. European Champion (1995) in Birmingham in the 86 kg category, 4 times Dutch champion, winner of the 2000 Tournoi de Paris in the 81 kg category. At the Sydney Olympics he finished in 9th place in 81 kg category.
Graeme Randall, MBE is a Scottish judoka. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won gold medals in the 81 kg division at both the 1999 World Judo Championships and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Nigel Seton Avery is a New Zealand former weightlifter.
Matthew D'Aquino is an Australian judoka, who competed in the extra-lightweight category. He is a 4th Degree Judo Black belt, BJJ black belt under Felipe Grez, two-time Australian judo champion, a multiple-time Oceanian champion for his respective division, and a former member of Marist Judo Club under his personal coach Tom Hill, who competed for the men's lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and eventually won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
Karen Roberts is a British former judoka, who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Thomas Hill is an Australian judoka. He won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first bout. He has been Australian Champion nine times.
Martin James Kelly is an Australian judoka, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. He held six Australian titles in his own division, picked up a total of nineteen medals in his career, including a bronze from the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, and represented his nation Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Kelly trained full-time for the senior team at Kido-Mingarra Judo Academy in Tuggerah, New South Wales, under head coach and sensei Pete Acciari.
Narelle Mary Hill is a member of the Hill family who competed in Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 56 kg for Australia. She had previously won a bronze medal in judo for Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Diane Bell is a British former judoka. She won the 56–61 kg event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but at the time women's judo was then still a demonstration sport, so unlike the men Bell did not enter the list of Olympic medalists in judo. She also won two World Judo Championships, a Commonwealth Games gold and three European Judo Championships.