Douglas Turnbull Hamilton (born August 19, 1958) is a Canadian Olympic medallist

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. Hamilton was born in 1958 in

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, Canada. He won a bronze medal in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the

1985 World Rowing Championships The 1985 World Rowing Championships refer to the World Rowing Championships held from 26 August to 1 September 1985 at Hazewinkel in Belgium. Medal summary Medalists at the 1985 World Rowing Championships were: Men's events Women's even ...

in men's quadruple sculls, and bronze medals in the same event at the

1986 World Rowing Championships The 1986 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 17 to 24 August 1986 at Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Medal summary Looking at the open weight classes only, East Germany was the most successful nation ...

and

1987 World Rowing Championships The 1987 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 29 to 30 August 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark while it was "outrageously windy". Medal summary Medalists at the 1987 World Rowing Championships were: Men's ...

He also competed at the

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. Doug married

Lynn Polson Lynn Polson Hamilton (born 19 April 1962) is a Canadian former basketball player. She competed for Canada in the women's basketball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Canadian team finished in fourth place. She t ...

(member of Team Canada women's basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics, placing 4th), and they are parents to

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hockey players

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Freddie Hamilton Frederick Hamilton (born January 1, 1992) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played six seasons, split between the San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames and Arizona Coyotes, and also played internationally for ...

. Hamilton attended high school at

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, and university at Queen's University and the

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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 St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

, Ontario and is the Chair of the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.

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1958 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers of Canada Rowers from St. Catharines Rowers from Toronto Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canadian male rowers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub