Becca Hamilton

Hamilton's junior career involved participating in five straight national junior championships from 2008 to 2012. She won the event in both 2008 and 2011. In 2008, Hamilton played third for the Nina Spatola junior team, which finished with a 1–6 (8th) record at the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships. In 2011, Hamilton skipped the team of Tara Peterson, Karlie Koenig and Sophie Brorson to a 5–5 (5th) record at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships.

Hamilton has also played in eight national championships. At the 2010 United States Women's Curling Championship, Hamilton skipped a team of Koenig, Jenna Haag, and Grace Gabower to a 7–2 round robin finish in a four-way tie for first. However, the team would lose in their first playoff game against Patti Lank. However, Hamilton's trip to the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship would be less successful. She skipped a team of Peterson, Koenig, and Brorson to a 4–5 record and missed the playoffs. At the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship, Hamilton led her rink of Molly Bonner, Peterson, and Brorson to a 3–6 finish, again missing the playoffs.

In 2013, she joined up with her junior skip, Nina Spatola, throwing third stones for the team.

The team won the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship. The following season, Hamilton was moved to second on the team. The team had less success at the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 4–5 record.

In 2015, Hamilton joined the Jamie Sinclair rink as her second. At the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship, they would finish in fourth place. She would only play with Sinclair for one season before returning to the Spatola (now Roth) rink, throwing lead rocks. The team was runners-up at the 2017 US Championships but represented the United States at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hamilton placed sixth in the mixed doubles competition and eighth in the team competition.

At the 2020 United States Women's Championship, Hamilton earned her second national title, as third for Tabitha Peterson. In the round robin, Team Peterson's only loss came against Jamie Sinclair, but they then beat Team Sinclair in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game and again in the final.{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Angela |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/feb/15/tabitha-peterson-takes-aggressive-approach-to-deth/ |title=Tabitha Peterson takes aggressive approach to dethrone Jamie Sinclair in women's title match of USA Curling Championships |date=February 15, 2020 |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=February 19, 2020}} As United States Champions Team Peterson would have represented the United States at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, but they lost that opportunity when the Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cp-newsalert-world-women-s-curling-championship-cancelled-1.1456723 |title=World women's curling championship cancelled |date=March 12, 2020 |website=TSN |language=en |access-date=April 27, 2020}} They also earned a spot at the final Grand Slam of the season, the Champions Cup,{{Cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2020/February/12/Peterson-Locks-Down-Playoff-Spot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213214904/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2020/February/12/Peterson-Locks-Down-Playoff-Spot |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |title=Peterson Locks Down Playoff Spot |date=February 12, 2020 |website=USA Curling |access-date=February 13, 2020}} which was also cancelled due to the pandemic. Their qualification will instead carry over to the 2021 Champions Cup.{{Cite web |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/2020-humptys-champions-cup-teams-to-keep-spots-for-next-season/ |title=2020 Humpty's Champions Cup teams to keep spots for next season |date=March 18, 2020 |website=Grand Slam of Curling |access-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320072124/https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/2020-humptys-champions-cup-teams-to-keep-spots-for-next-season/ |url-status=dead}}

During the 2020 off-season, the team announced that Tabitha Peterson would remain as skip when Roth returned from maternity leave. Roth re-joined the team as vice-skip at third, with Hamilton moving to second, Tara Peterson to lead, and Geving to alternate.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usacurling.org/?fbclid=IwAR05mZc31IcjNebv3TzGwkcZG0PgHz2Ln3mzWtuhLBue3twyv7scHQBWqss |title=Team Peterson Announced |date=April 27, 2020 |website=USA Curling |access-date=April 28, 2020}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Peterson team did not compete in events for most of the 2020–21 season until entering a bio-secure bubble held in Calgary, Alberta in the spring of 2021 for three events in a row. The first two events were the Champions Cup and Players' Championship grand slams, with the team missing the playoffs at both. The third event in the Calgary bubble for Team Peterson was the 2021 World Women's Championship, in which they earned a spot as 2020 National Champions after the 2021 National Championship was moved to later in the spring due to the pandemic. They finished the 13-game round-robin in fifth place with a 7–6 record, earning them a spot in the playoffs and securing a 2022 Olympic berth for the United States. In the playoffs, Team Peterson defeated Denmark's Madeline Dupont but lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni to end up in the bronze medal game. There, Peterson faced off against Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and won with a score of 9–5, including scoring five points in the seventh end.{{Cite news |date=May 9, 2021 |title=United States beat Sweden to win women's world curling bronze |work=Sportsnet |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/eight-ends-swiss-reign-resumes-world-womens-curling-championship/ |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Team Peterson's bronze medal finish was the first World Women's medal for the United States in 15 years, and the first-ever bronze medal.

The Peterson rink won their first two events of the 2021–22 season, the US Open of Curling and the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.{{Cite news |url=https://torontosun.com/sports/curling/american-peterson-hopes-autumn-gold-curling-classic-win-sign-of-things-to-come |title=American Peterson hopes Autumn Gold Curling Classic win sign of things to come |publisher=Toronto Sun |author=Todd Saelhof |date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=June 19, 2022}} The following week, they played in the 2021 Masters where they made it as far as the quarterfinals. The team then played in the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they attempted to return to the Olympics. Through the round robin, the team posted a 9–1 record, putting them into the best-of-three final against Cory Christensen. The Peterson rink beat Christensen in two-straight games, booking their tickets to the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{Cite news |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/11/21/curling-olympic-trials-women-tabitha-peterson/ |title=Tabitha Peterson wins U.S. Olympic women's curling trials, eyes ending another drought |publisher=NBC Sports |date=November 21, 2021 |access-date=June 19, 2022}} After the Trials, the team played in one event before the Olympics, the Curl Mesabi Classic, which they won, beating Christensen again in the final.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6606&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1 |title=2021 Curl Mesabi Classic |website=CurlingZone |access-date=June 19, 2022}} At the Olympics, the team finished the round robin with a 4–5 record, missing the playoffs.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/2022-us-women-4-5-at-olympics |title=U.S. Women conclude Olympics at 4–5 |publisher=USA Curling |date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=June 19, 2022}} The team finished off the season by playing in two Slams, the 2022 Players' Championship and the 2022 Champions Cup, missing the playoffs in both events. In mixed doubles that season, she and her brother Matt Hamilton played in the 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials, where they posted a 5–4 round robin record. This put them in a tiebreaker, which they lost, eliminating them from contention. The pair later competed in the 2022 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they went undefeated to secure the national title.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/hamilton-hamilton-win-2022-mxd-national-championship |title=Becca and Matt Hamilton win 2022 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship |publisher=USA Curling |date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=June 19, 2022}} At the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, they finished fourth in their pool with a 5–4 record, not enough to advance to the playoff round.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/team-usa-5-4-at-wmdcc2022 |title=Team USA concludes World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2022 with 5–4 record |publisher=USA Curling |date=April 28, 2022 |access-date=June 19, 2022}}

Following the 2021–22 season, Nina Roth retired from competitive curling and the team added Cory Thiesse (née Christensen) as their new third.{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2023/march/17/curling-teammates-sisters-tabitha-and-tara-peterson-back-for-another-run-at-worlds |title=Curling teammates, sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson back for another run at Worlds |publisher=Team USA |author=Todd Kortemeier |date=March 17, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} After a semifinal finish at the US Open of Curling, the team missed the playoffs at both the 2022 National and the 2022 Tour Challenge Slam events.{{Cite news |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/lawes-defeats-einarson-to-secure-hearinglife-tour-challenge-playoff-spot/ |title=Lawes defeats Einarson to secure HearingLife Tour Challenge playoff spot |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |author=Jonathan Brazeau |date=October 22, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} They represented the United States at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships where they finished first in the round robin with a 7–1 record.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/11/pccc-sf-women/ |title=Women's round-robins draw to a close |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=November 5, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} They then lost to South Korea and Canada in the semifinal and bronze medal game respectively, finishing fourth.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/11/women-final-pccc/ |title=Japan women claim first Pan Continental title |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=November 7, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} In their next event, Team Peterson reached the semifinals of the Red Deer Curling Classic where they lost to Rachel Homan.{{Cite news |url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/matt-dunstone-rachel-homan-red-deer-classic-curling-1.1881830 |title=Dunstone enters winner's circle at Red Deer Classic; Homan wins again |publisher=TSN |date=November 21, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} At the 2022 Masters, the team made it to the semifinals before losing to the Einarson rink.{{Cite news |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/homan-vs-einarson-mouat-vs-retornaz-set-for-wfg-masters-finals/ |title=Homan vs. Einarson, Mouat vs. Retornaz set for WFG Masters finals |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |author=Jonathan Brazeau |date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} The following week, they won the Curl Mesabi Classic.{{Cite web |url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7376 |title=2023 Curl Mesabi Classic |website=CurlingZone |access-date=August 24, 2023}} In the new year, the team went undefeated to claim the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship, defeating Delaney Strouse 8–5 in the final.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/womensnationalsfinal-et563 |title=2023 USA Curling women's national champions crowned |publisher=USA Curling |date=February 11, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} This qualified them for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished just outside the playoffs with a 6–6 record.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/03/dayseven-wwc/ |title=Live Blog: Day seven at the WWCC |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} The team ended their season at the 2023 Players' Championship and the 2023 Champions Cup Grand Slam events where they reached the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.{{Cite news |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/einarson-faces-homan-in-kioti-tractor-champions-cup-womens-final/ |title=Einarson faces Homan in KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup women's final |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |author=Jonathan Brazeau |date=May 7, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}} In mixed doubles play, the Hamilton siblings lost in the quarterfinals of the 2023 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=7749 |title=2023 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship |website=CurlingZone |access-date=August 24, 2023}}

Team Peterson won their second event of the 2023–24 season, losing just one game en route to claiming the US Open of Curling.{{Cite web |url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Team&eventid=8049&teamid=170922 |title=2023 US Open of Curling |website=CurlingZone |access-date=April 7, 2024}} They also had a semifinal finish at the 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. For the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships, the team changed their lineup with Hamilton and Tara Peterson switching positions to lead and second on the team respectively.{{Cite web |url=https://livescores.worldcurling.org/pccc/aspnet/teamdetail?EventID=2&TeamID=20 |title=Team Profile: Women A-Division: United States |website=World Curling Federation |access-date=April 7, 2024}} The move worked as they finished 6–1 through the round robin. After a semifinal loss to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa, Team Peterson bounced back to claim the bronze medal, stealing in an extra end to defeat Canada's Kerri Einarson.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2023/11/womens-bronze/ |title=United States win Pan Continental bronze |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=November 4, 2023 |access-date=April 7, 2024}} In Grand Slam play, they only qualified in one of the four events they played in, the 2023 Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to Silvana Tirinzoni.{{Cite news |url=https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/defending-champ-einarson-steals-spot-in-wfg-masters-semifinals-from-gim/ |title=Defending champ Einarson steals spot in WFG Masters semifinals from Gim |publisher=Grand Slam of Curling |author=Jonathan Brazeau |date=December 16, 2023 |access-date=April 7, 2024}} At the 2024 United States Women's Curling Championship, the Peterson rink lost their first game to Sarah Anderson before running the table the rest of the event. In the final, they doubled up on Team Anderson 10–5 to defend their title as national champions and qualify for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/2024nationalswinners |title=Peterson, Shuster defend national titles |publisher=USA Curling |date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=April 7, 2024}} At Worlds, the team struggled to find consistency, ultimately finishing 6–6 and failing to reach the playoffs for a second year in a row.{{Cite news |url=https://worldcurling.org/2024/03/play-off-teams-2/ |title=Saturday's World Women's play-off matchups set |publisher=World Curling Federation |date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=April 7, 2024}} In March, the Hamilton siblings won their third United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, defeating reigning world champions Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin in the final.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usacurling.org/press-releases/2024mixedoubleschampions |title=Hamilton/Hamilton capture 2024 Mixed Doubles national championship |publisher=USA Curling |date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=April 7, 2024}}

Her brother Matt Hamilton is also a successful curler, having played on the 2018 United States Olympic men's team. Matt and Becca also competed together in mixed doubles at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |author1=Jimmy Golen |title=American curling siblings Matt and Becca Hamilton make Olympics |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/19/american-curling-matt-becca-hamilton-olympics/ |access-date=December 18, 2017 |publisher=Denver Post |date=November 19, 2017}} She attended Edgewood College.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3013127-becca-hamilton.htm |title=Curling – Athlete Profile: Becca HAMILTON – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games |website=Olympics |access-date=February 9, 2018}}

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