Jeff Hamilton | |
Birth Name: | Jeffrey Alan Hamilton |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1966 |
Birth Place: | Auburn, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Truckee, California, U.S. |
Sport: | speed skiing |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Jeffrey Alan Hamilton (November 22, 1966 – January 10, 2023) was an American speed skier.[1] [2] [3]
Hamilton competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the speed skiing demonstration event. In this event he finished third behind the French competitors Michael Prufer and Philippe Goitschel. In 1995, Hamilton became the first skier to go faster than and he held the world record between 1995 and 1997. He was a three-time world champion between 1998 and 2000; he also medaled in two other years. He also set a world record for inline speed skating at .
Hamilton attended Placer High School in Auburn. He had a ski shop in Aspen, Colorado.
Hamilton died in Truckee, California, on January 10, 2023, at the age of 56.