Scott Hamilton Biography

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NAME: Scott Hamilton
OCCUPATION: Ice Skater, Television Personality
BIRTH DATE: August 28, 1958 (Age: 53)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Toledo, Ohio
ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

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Scott Hamilton is an American figure skater, who was a four-time world champion and the 1984 Olympic gold medal winner in men's figure skating

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American figure skater Scott Hamilton began skating at age nine. By age 22, he had been chosen for the U.S. Olympic team, and at the 1984 Olypmics in Sarajevo, he won gold. He continued to win professional titles into the 1990s, as well as work as a TV skating analyst. In 1986, he helped form Stars on Ice, a figure-skating company. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 but made a full recovery.