Danielle Hill

Danielle Hill (born 27 September 1999) is an Irish swimmer from Northern Ireland. She is the 2024 European champion in the 50 metre backstroke. She represented Ireland at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She has broken multiple Irish national records.

Career On 24 June 2021, Hill set a new Irish national record with a time of 1:00.18 in the 100 metre backstroke, simultaneously posting an Olympic qualifying time for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. Additionally, she competed in the 50 metre freestyle and finished 33rd in the heats.

At the 2022 Irish Championships, Hill broke her own national record in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 54.87 to win the gold medal. She also won the 50 metre backstroke, 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre butterfly, 100 metre backstroke, and 200 metre backstroke. She represented Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and finished seventh in both the 50 metre freestyle and the 50 metre backstroke.

Hill became the first Irish swimmer to swim the 100 metre backstroke in under a minute at the 2024 Irish Championships. She then won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2024 European Championships, becoming Ireland’s first European long course champion since 1997. She also won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke behind Poland's Adela Piskorska.

Hill represented Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the 50 metre freestyle, she finished 21st in the heats. She qualified for the semifinals in the 100 metre backstroke and finished 16th. She also competed on the 4 × 100 metre medley relay and 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay teams that finished 11th and 16th, respectively.

Hill won the 50 metre freestyle and 50 metre backstroke at the 2025 Irish Championships and earned qualifying times for the 2025 World Championships.

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