Rex Hamilton

{{Short description|New Zealand sport shooter (1928–2010)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Rex Hamilton

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| full_name = Rex William Hamilton

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|10|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gisborne, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|30|1928|10|06|df=y}}

| death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

| occupation = Carpenter

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Shooting

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1982 Brisbane|Free pistol pairs}}

{{MedalBronze|1986 Edinburgh|{{nowrap|Centre-fire free pistol pairs}}}}

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Rex William Hamilton (6 October 1928 – 30 December 2010) was a New Zealand sport shooter. He represented his country in the pistol shooting events at the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games, winning two medals.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/rex-hamilton |title=Rex Hamilton |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}

At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Hamilton won the silver medal in the open 50 metres free pistol pairs, with Barrie Wickins,{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/4513 |title=Shooting 50m free pistol (pair) – men Brisbane 1982 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=27 January 2022}} and the pair combined to finish fourth in the open 10 metres air pistol pairs.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/4588 |title=Shooting 10m air pistol (pair) – men Brisbane 1982 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=27 January 2022}} In the individual events, Hamilton placed fifth in the open 50 metres free pistol, 10th in the open 10 metres air pistol, and 16th in the open 25 metres centre-fire pistol.

Four years later, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Hamilton teamed up with Barry O'Neale to win the bronze medal in the open 25 metres centre-fire pistol pairs,{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/4739 |title=Shooting centre fire pistol (pair) – men Edinburgh 1982 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=27 January 2022}} and Greg Yelavich in the open 50 metres free pistol pairs, finishing fifth.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/4514 |title=Shooting 50m free pistol (pair) – men Edinburgh 1982 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=27 January 2022}} Hamilton placed fourth in both the open 25 metres centre-fire pistol and 50 metres free pistol individual events.

Hamilton was born on 6 October 1928, and worked as a carpenter.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths |title=Death search: registration number 2011/252 |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |access-date=27 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://cemeterysearch.gdc.govt.nz/detail/TARUHERU*29138 |title=Online cemetery record search |publisher=Gisborne District Council |access-date=27 January 2022}} He died in Hamilton on 30 December 2010,{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/rex-hamilton-obituary?pid=147507945 |title=Rex Hamilton obituary |date=1 January 2011 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=27 January 2022}} and his ashes were buried in Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne.