Doug Hamilton (rower)

{{short description|Canadian Olympic medallist rower|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Doug Hamilton

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| birth_name = Douglas Turnbull Hamilton

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|19}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| residence = St. Catharines, Ontario

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| spouse = Lynn Polson

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| relatives = Dougie Hamilton (son)
Freddie Hamilton (son)

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| height = {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Rowing

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalBronze|1984 Los Angeles|Quadruple sculls}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1985 Hazewinkel | Quadruple sculls }}

{{MedalBronze | 1986 Nottingham | Quadruple sculls }}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Copenhagen | Quadruple sculls }}

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

Hamilton was born in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite Sports-Reference |title = Doug Hamilton |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/doug-hamilton-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/doug-hamilton-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 7 December 2016}} 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 in men's quadruple sculls,{{cite web |title=(M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1985-world-championships/mens-quadruple-sculls/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 December 2016}} and bronze medals in the same event at the 1986 World Rowing Championships and 1987 World Rowing Championships{{cite web |title=(M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1986-world-championships/mens-quadruple-sculls/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=7 December 2016}} He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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.

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.