Jolanta Ogar-Hill

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Jolanta Ogar
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Ogar-Hill won the Austrian Team of the Year award in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJolanta Ogar-Hill
Born (1982-04-28) 28 April 1982 (age 43)
Brzesko, Poland
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 470
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Santander 470
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Haifa470
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 La Rochelle470

Jolanta Ogar-Hill (born 28 April 1982, in Brzesko) is a Polish competitive sailor. [1] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 470 with team-mate Agnieszka Skrzypulec and won a silver medal. [2] Since October 2014 she competed under the flag of Austria together with her Austrian teammate Lara Vadlau. Together they were successful at the 470 World Championships in La Rochelle in 2013 (silver medal) and in 2014 in Santander (gold medal).

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In October 2014 Jolanta Ogar and Lara Vadlau were rewarded with the Austrian "Team of the Year 2014" award.

Since 2016 she has been competing again under the flag of Poland. [3]

Personal life

She came out as lesbian at the age of 21. She has taken part in the #SportAgainstHomophobia campaign launched by the Campaign Against Homophobia. [3] In 2018, she married her partner Esperanza Hill. They have one daughter together. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Jolanta Ogar". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "This out sailor thought about retiring. Instead, she won silver". 4 August 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Jolanta Ogar: Koleżance mówię, żeby nie piła z tej samej butelki, bo będzie lesbijką". tvn24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jolanta Ogar-Hill i jej żona powitały na świecie córkę. "Ma być sobą i szczęśliwą kobietą"". Onet.pl (in Polish). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2025.


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