Early Riding Career
In 2001, aged 16 years old, Sam Hill first came into the international mountain bike racing scene, attending his first overseas race traveling Canada and the USA. He came third at the Vail World Championships in the Under 19(Junior) Downhill event.
In 2002 he won the Under 19 Australian Championships. The same year he was crowned Junior Downhill World Champion, coming first at the World Championships in Kaprun, Austria.
In 2003, at just 18, Sam Hill in the Elite category won both the Australian and Oceania Downhill Championships. He then went on to successfully defend his Junior World Champion title in Lugano, Switzerland.
He starred in the 2010 mountain bike movie Follow Me.
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