James Enoch Hill
Appearance
![]() William McMillan (left) and Hill (right) are commended by David M. Shoup, Commandant of the Marine Corps. Hill holds the rifle he used at the 1960 Olympics. | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | October 30, 1929|||||||||||
Died | August 8, 2018 Carlinville, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 88)|||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||
Club | US Marine Corps | |||||||||||
Medal record
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James Enoch Hill (October 30, 1929 – August 8, 2018) was a sports shooter from the United States. He won a silver medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1]
Hill was a gunnery sergeant with the United States Marine Corps. In 1956 he won the National Service Rifle Championship, and in 1957 the Pershing Trophy at the NRA Championships in the free rifle team event.[1] Hill died on August 8, 2018 in Carlinville, Illinois.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Jim Hill". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ James E. Hill Obituary
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2018 deaths
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- American male sport shooters
- United States Distinguished Marksman
- ISSF rifle shooters
- Olympic shooters of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting
- Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- American sport shooting Olympic medalist stubs