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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