Background
Hill was born on 29 December 1982 in Duncan, British Columbia with a genetic retinal disorder which results in only ten percent vision.
Hill was born on 29 December 1982 in Duncan, British Columbia with a genetic retinal disorder which results in only ten percent vision.
Hill started swimming as a child and competitive swimming at the age of nine. At the age of 17, Hill participated in six events at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Looking back in 2008 on his results, Brian said, "Sydney Games were special because it was my first Paralympic Games and everything.
The atmosphere, crowds and facilities were amazing."
About the 2004 Paralympics in Greece, Brian said in 2008 that he "was really able to feel the history of the Olympics".
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Hill finished ninth in the 50 metre EAD freestyle in 26.68 and ninth in the 100 metre EAD freestyle in 59.58. He had tied the world record time with Canadian para-swimmer Walter Wu.
He says "I"m pretty happy with the result overall. Technically it was very good."
Before going to Beijing for his third Paralympic Games, Hill"s preparation involved swimming about 120 kilometres in two weeks.
Hill said, "I completed about eight to nine workouts a week and spent around 18 to 20 hours per week in the pool,".
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Hill finished fifth in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:05.52, 12th in the 100 metre butterfly in 1:03.25, 15th in the 100 metre freestyle in 59.80 and 17th in the 50 metre freestyle in 26.84. At the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, Hill finished fifth in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.65. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Hill finished seventh in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.97 and equal eighth in the heats 100 metre butterfly with Australia"s Sean Russo in 1:01.61.
In the swim-off, Russo defeated Hill with each posting times of 1:01.24 and 1:02.72 respectively.