Treneese Hamilton

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Treneese Hamilton
Personal information
Born (2003-06-23) 23 June 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Events
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 18.14m (2025) NR
Hammer: 52.22m (2025) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Asunción Shot put
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Kingston Shot put

Treneese Hamilton (born 23 June 2003) is a Dominican shot putter and hammer thrower. She holds the national record in both events. [1]

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Early and personal life

Hamilton is from Canefield and is from a sporting family, her parents, Derrickson and Jasmine Hamilton, are former basketball and netball players respectively. She was coached by her cousin Joel Hamilton. She attended Massacre Canefield Primary school and Dominica State College where she studied biology. [2] She later studied in the United States at Barton Community College and then the University of Alabama. [3] [4]

Career

Hamilton set a personal best of 13.22 metres to place ninth in the shot put at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2021. [5] She won a gold medal at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in the shot put, with her best throw being 14.58 metres. [6] [2] [7] She placed sixth overall in the shot put at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, with a best throw of 15.78 metres. [8]

Competing for Alabama, she won the SEC Championships in 2025 and was a finalist the NCAA Championships, both indoors and outdoors. [3]

She placed seventh in the shot put at the NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in August 2025. [9] She was a gold medalist at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay later that month, the first gold medal for Dominica at the Games. [3] [10] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [3] [11]

References

  1. "Treneese Hamilton". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Treneese Hamilton: "Just do what you love"". Sundominica. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 20 Sep 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Treneese Hamilton To Represent Dominica At World Athletics Championships". Tuscaloosaleader.com. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. "Barton's Hamilton and Young earn weekly track and field honors". Great Bend Post. Jan 18, 2024. Retrieved 20 Sep 2025.
  5. "Shot putter Treneese Hamilton falls short of medal round in World Youth Athletics Championships". Dominica News Online. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 20 Sep 2025.
  6. "Treneese Hamilton Wins Gold at Shotput at 2022 CARIFTA Games in Jamaica". dom767. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 20 Sep 2025.
  7. "Hamilton wins gold for Dominica in her final CARIFTA Games appearance". Dominicanewsonline. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 20 Sep 2025.
  8. "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. "Pan American Junior Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  11. "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.