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Champion Archer, John Hill

About John Hill


John shot his first arrow as a Boy Scout in Troop 40 of Rochester, IL. He also received the rank of Eagle Scout in 1993 from that same troop. However, he didn’t continue to shoot archery until later in life.

In November of 2017 John was admitted to the hospital as a hypertensive emergency. He was moved from the emergency room to the cardiac ICU. John was only in the cardiac ICU for a short while as the doctor’s determined he had a neurological issue and was moved to the neurological ICU. There he was diagnosed with Posterior Reversable Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES). The doctors could not get his vitals under control and did not believe he would make it much longer than 72 hours. Read more …

After losing his sight John was determined to live a normal life and would not take no for an answer.

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Springfield archer to compete in Chicago Para-archery Championship

December 19, 2021

John Hill– a 43-year-old Springfield resident–lost his eyesight three years ago.…

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