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Scott Hamilton is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships (1981–1984), four consecutive World Championships (1981–1984) and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. His "signature move" was a backflip, few others did. Even though it generally earned him no extra points, he would make sure to include it in his routine in order to please his fans.

Last week the clock recalibrated as Yale undergraduate Nathan Chen became the seventh American man to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating (it is the eighth gold medal as Dick Button won two back-to-back in 1948 and 1952).

Last week the clock recalibrated as Yale undergraduate Nathan Chen became the seventh American man to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating (it is the eighth gold medal as Dick Button won two back-to-back in 1948 and 1952).

Scott Hamilton, (born August 28, 1958, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.), American figure skater, who was a four-time world champion and the 1984 Olympic gold medal winner in men’s figure skating. He has been credited with imbuing men’s figure skating with an air of athleticism. In order to portray figure skating as a sport, he took to the ice in the 1983 World Championships wearing a sleek black speed-skating suit rather than the customary beaded and sequined costumes worn by his fellow skaters. (Read…

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If Scott Hamilton were a gambling man, he’d never have bet on himself. “I’m the most unlikely person on the planet to have experienced any of this,” he says. The list of his accomplishments is remarkable: winning the first men’s figure skating gold medal in 24 years at the 1984 Winter Games, starting the hugely successful Stars on Ice figure skating tour, surviving four bouts of cancer, founding a cancer charity that’s touched countless lives. Then, of course, there’s falling in love with…

Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships (19811984), four consecutive World Championships (19811984) and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. His signature move is a backflip, a feat that f

The last competition Scott Hamilton's mother ever saw him skate in was, as he calls it, 'a massive failure.' It was the former Olympian's first year as a senior-level skater, and he suffered a humiliating defeat. Not long after, Scott's mother passed away from breast cancer. Watch as he recalls the morning she died and the resolution he made that fueled his successful skating career.

Scott Hamilton #adopted Dorothy and Ernest Hamilton adopted Scott in 1958 when he was just six weeks old. In 1984, Hamilton won an Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating, making him the first American male to medal in the sport since 1960. These days, Hamilton produces Stars on Ice, a professional ice show that tours cities around the world.

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