Canadian Olympic medallist rower
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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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 )