Doug Hamilton (rower)

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Doug Hamilton
Personal information
Birth nameDouglas Turnbull Hamilton
Born (1958-08-19) August 19, 1958 (age 66)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb) [1]
Spouse Lynn Polson
Relatives Dougie Hamilton (son)
Freddie Hamilton (son)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Hazewinkel Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Nottingham Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Copenhagen Quadruple sculls

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.

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References

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