Scott Hamilton (figure skater)

Scott Scovell Hamilton ( born August 28, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio ) is an American former figure skater, who started in a single run. He is the Olympic champion of 1984 and the world champion from 1981 until 1984.

Career

Scott Hamilton was adopted at the age of six weeks from the teacher couple Dorothy and Ernest Hamilton and raised in Bowling Green, Ohio. He has two siblings who were also adopted. As Hamilton was two years old, he got a mysterious illness that interrupted its growth. After numerous tests and misdiagnosis (among other things was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and gave him to live half a year ) started the disease to go back. His pediatrician referred him then to Boston, to Dr. Harry Shwachman. It is unclear whether the Shwachman - Bodian with him - Diamond syndrome was diagnosed. A special diet and special exercises are said to have helped to get the disease under control. However, Hamilton was only just 1.60 m tall and weighed at the height of his career, only 50 kg.

Sporting career

At the age of 13 he began figure skating training with Pierre Brunet, a former two-time Olympic champion in pair skating. In 1976 he had the training almost give up because he could not afford the cost of this and for his studies. Only with the financial support of Helen and Frank McLoraine he could train on.

1980 Hamilton third at the U.S. Championships, which secured him a place in the American team for the Olympic Games. In his first Olympics, in which he also had the honor of carrying the flag for the United States at the opening ceremony, he immediately took fifth place. His big break he experienced in 1981 at the national championships. He made ​​no mistakes and reaped before the end of his performance a standing ovation. From this point, Scott Hamilton never lost a race again and became the dominant figure skaters in the first half of the eighties. 1981 in Hartford, he was for the first time world champion, he won ahead of compatriot David Santee. At the World Championships 1982 in Copenhagen, he defended his title, this time in front of Norbert Schramm. He struck him with his third consecutive victory in the 1983 World Championship in Helsinki. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, he traveled as a favorite and won Olympic gold as expected before Brian Orser. He then won against the Canadians in Ottawa also the last of its four World Cup titles in a row.

Hamilton eiskunstläuferischer style was influenced by the great athleticism and quickness of his lecture. His triple jumps he jumped Always ensure high and highest torque. This diminutive athlete always showed his high forehead a lot of humor in the show running.

After the athletic career

After his career end Hamilton toured for two years with "Ice Capades ". He then founded " Scott Hamilton 's American Tour", which was later renamed the "Stars on Ice". He worked there until 2001 and with occasionally returned for guest appearances.

Hamilton were bestowed numerous honors, 1990, he was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.

He commented since 1985 figure skating for CBS and also worked for NBC. In 2006, he moderated on FOX show " Skating with Celebrities". 2008 Hamilton had a guest appearance on the Nickelodeon children's series Cosmo and Wanda - The Fairly OddParents in the episode " The Fairly Oddlymipics ". There he was employed both as a cartoon character, as well as a performer.

After his athletic career, met Hamilton private blows. He fell ill in 1997 from testicular cancer. His fight against the disease was accompanied by the media. After treatment, he came back and ran on in Stars on Ice. On 12 November 2004 it was announced that Hamilton has a benign Hirnturmor, this was treated in Cleveland. On June 23, 2010, he underwent in order not to go blind, again a surgery to remove the recurrent benign tumor, which was discovered in 2004. On June 25, he had announced that he was feeling well and would recover now.

Hamilton is committed to the St. Jew 's Children 's Hospital, a children's hospital in Memphis and is an honorary member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which strives for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

On 14 November 2002 he married the nutritionist Tracie Robinson. With her he had two sons: Aidan McIntosh Hamilton ( * 2003) and Maxx Hamilton ( * 2008). The family lives in Franklin, Tennessee and is a member of the Churches of Christ.

2009 Hamilton wrote the book "The Great Eight" in which he describes how he coped with the many challenges and disappointments in his life.

Results

Writings

  • With Lorenzo Benet: Landing It: My Life On And Off The Ice. Autobiography. 1999, ISBN 1-57566-466-6.
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