Irie Hill

Irie Hill

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	16 January 1969 Germany
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	pole vault
Club	LG Regensburg
Medal record Representing   England Athletics Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Pole Vault

Irie Hill (born 16 January 1969) is an English female athlete who competes in the pole vault event. She has a personal best performance of 4.20 metres. ^[1]

Biography

Hill was born in Germany but moved to England in 1996 and became a British citizen in 1999. She only began vaulting relatively late in life at the age of 26. ^[2] Hill finished second behind Janine Whitlock in the pole vault event at the 1999 AAA Championships. ^[3]

Hill became the British pole vault champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2002 AAA Championships. ^[4] Shortly afterwards Hill represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, ^[5] winning a bronze medal. ^[6]

Hill has also gone on to win numerous World and European Masters titles including achieving a world W50 record in the pole vault of 3.51m while winning the 2019 World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland. ^[7] This is in addition to the world W45 pole vault record of 3.76m set by Hill on 3 July 2015 in Regensburg, Germany.

References

1. "Athlete Profile". Power of 10.
2. "Hill invests hope in a higher vault". The Independent. 27 July 2002.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
4. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
5. "Manchester 2002 Team". Team England. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
6. "Athlete Profile". World Athletics.
7. "Irie Hill wins W50 pole vault". Athletics Weekly. 31 March 2019.