Doug Hamilton (rower)
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Birth name | Douglas Turnbull Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1958-08-19) August 19, 1958 (age 66) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lynn Polson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Dougie Hamilton (son) Freddie Hamilton (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Turnbull Hamilton (born August 19, 1958) is a Canadian Olympic medallist rower.
Hamilton was born in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] He won a bronze medal in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in men's quadruple sculls,[2] and bronze medals in the same event at the 1986 World Rowing Championships and 1987 World Rowing Championships[3] He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Doug married Lynn Polson (member of Team Canada women's basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics, placing 4th), and they are parents to NHL hockey players Dougie and Freddie Hamilton.[1]
Hamilton attended high school at University of Toronto Schools, and university at Queen's University and the London School of Economics where he obtained LLB and LLM degrees. He worked as a lawyer in Toronto for 30 years. During his legal career Hamilton volunteered in many capacities in Canadian amateur sport, including as VP of High-Performance of Rowing Canada Aviron, Chair of the Canadian Sport Centre Ontario, and Board Member of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games. Hamilton now lives in St. Catharines, Ontario and is the Chair of the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Doug Hamilton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "(M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "(M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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- 1974: (Joachim Dreifke, Götz Draeger, Rüdiger Reiche, Jürgen Bertow)
- 1975: (Stefan Weiße, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, Wolfgang Hönig, Christof Kreuziger)
- 1977: (Frank Dundr, Martin Winter, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig)
- 1978: (Joachim Dreifke, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Martin Winter, Frank Dundr)
- 1979: (Peter Kersten, Klaus Kröppelien, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Joachim Dreifke)
- 1981: (Peter Kersten, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
- 1982: (Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Mund, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
- 1983: (Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, Dieter Wiedenmann, Michael Dürsch)
- 1985: (Doug Hamilton, Robert Mills, Paul Douma, Mel LaForme)
- 1986: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mikhail Ivanov, Igor Kotko)
- 1987: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mikhail Ivanov, Igor Kotko)
- 1989: (Hans Keldermann, Koos Maasdijk, Herman van den Eerenbeemt, Rutger Arisz)
- 1990: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
- 1991: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
- 1993: (Andreas Hajek, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
- 1994: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
- 1995: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
- 1997: (Agostino Abbagnale, Giovanni Calabrese, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa)
- 1998: (Agostino Abbagnale, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori)
- 1999: (Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
- 2001: (Christian Schreiber, André Willms, Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek)
- 2002: (René Bertram, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
- 2003: (André Willms, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
- 2005: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2006: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2007: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2009: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2010: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
- 2011: (Chris Morgan, James McRae, Karsten Forsterling, Daniel Noonan)
- 2013: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
- 2014: (Dmytro Mikhay, Artem Morozov, Oleksandr Nadtoka, Ivan Dovhodko)
- 2015: (Philipp Wende, Karl Schulze, Lauritz Schoof, Hans Gruhne)
- 2017: (Dovydas Nemeravičius, Martynas Džiaugys, Rolandas Maščinskas, Aurimas Adomavičius)
- 2018: (Filippo Mondelli, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi, Giacomo Gentili)
- 2019: (Dirk Uittenbogaard, Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
- 2022: (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Mirosław Ziętarski, Fabian Barański)
- 2023: (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
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