Kyle Hamilton
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nation | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | February 26, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Victoria , Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
job | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||
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status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kyle Hamilton (born February 26, 1978 in Victoria , British Columbia ) is a Canadian rower who became the Canadian eighth Olympic champion and three-time world champion.
Hamilton made his debut in 2002 with a third place in eighth place at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne . Shortly afterwards he won his first world title in Seville , and in 2003 the Canadian eighth was able to defend the title. In the 2004 Olympic season, the Canadian eighth won the World Cup regattas in Munich and Lucerne, and in the final of the Summer Olympics in Athens the boat only finished fifth. In 2005 in eight and 2006 in four without a helmsman , Hamilton did not reach the A-final at the World Rowing Championships, but in 2007 he won his third world title with the eight. At the Olympic Regatta in Beijing in 2008 , the Canadian eighth world champion won with the same line-up as in 2007.
Hamilton received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Victoria in 2010 , he works as a lawyer in a major law firm in Victoria.
International gold medals
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships)
- 2002 World Cup : 1st place in eighth place ( Matt Swick , Kevin Light , Ben Rutledge , Kyle Hamilton, Joseph Stankevicius , Andrew Hoskins , Adam Kreek , Jeff Powell and Brian Price )
- 2003 World Cup : 1st place in eighth place (Joseph Stankevicius, Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Kyle Hamilton, David Calder , Andrew Hoskins, Adam Kreek, Jeff Powell and Brian Price)
- World Cup 2007 : 1st place in eighth place (Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes , Jake Wetzel , Malcolm Howard , Dominic Seiterle , Adam Kreek, Kyle Hamilton and Brian Price)
- OS 2008 : 1st place in eighth (Kevin Light, Ben Rutledge, Andrew Byrnes, Jake Wetzel, Malcolm Howard, Dominic Seiterle, Adam Kreek, Kyle Hamilton and Brian Price)
Web links
- Kyle Hamilton in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Kyle Hamilton at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Hamilton on the side of his law firm
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SURNAME | Hamilton, Kyle |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Victoria , British Columbia |