Jolanta Ogar-Hill (born 28 April 1982, in Brzesko) is a Polish competitive sailor.[1] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 470 with team-mate Agnieszka Skrzypulec and won a silver medal.[2] Since October 2014 she competed under the flag of Austria together with her Austrian teammate Lara Vadlau. Together they were successful at the 470 World Championships in La Rochelle in 2013 (silver medal) and in 2014 in Santander (gold medal).

Jolanta Ogar
Ogar-Hill won the Austrian Team of the Year award in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJolanta Ogar-Hill
Born (1982-04-28) 28 April 1982 (age 44)
Brzesko, Poland
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo470
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Santander470
Gold medal – first place2015 Haifa470
Silver medal – second place2013 La Rochelle470

In October 2014 Jolanta Ogar and Lara Vadlau were rewarded with the Austrian "Team of the Year 2014" award.

Since 2016 she has been competing again under the flag of Poland.[3]

Personal life

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She came out as lesbian at the age of 21. She has taken part in the #SportAgainstHomophobia campaign launched by the Campaign Against Homophobia.[3] In 2018, she married her partner Esperanza Hill. They have one daughter together.[4]

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