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Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is a retired 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 is a backflip, a feat that few other figure skaters could perform and is against USFSA and Olympic competition rules, but which he would include in his exhibition routines to please the crowd. ==Childhood== Hamilton was born in Toledo, Ohio.〔http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253417/Scott-Hamilton〕 He was adopted at the age of six weeks by Dorothy (née McIntosh), a professor, and Ernest S. Hamilton, a professor of biology,〔http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/Scott-Hamilton.html〕 and raised in Bowling Green, Ohio. He has two siblings, older sister Susan (his parents' biological daughter) and younger brother Steven (who was also adopted).〔http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ham0int-1〕 He attended Crim Elementary School. The street the school is located on is named after him. When Hamilton was two years old he contracted a mysterious illness that caused him to stop growing. After numerous tests and several wrong diagnoses (including a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis that gave him just six months to live), the disease began to correct itself. His family physician sent him to Boston Children's Hospital to see a Dr. Shwachman. Sources are unable to verify if he was actually diagnosed by Dr. Shwachman as having Shwachman–Diamond syndrome. It was thought that a special diet and exercise cured the problem, until a brain tumor diagnosed years later turned out to be the root cause of his childhood illness.〔http://www.peaksp.com/SportsPsychology/Articles/Content/2038/parents/Words-From-A-Champion---Scott-Hamilton〕 At the peak of his amateur career Hamilton weighed and was tall,〔 but eventually grew to a height of .〔iTunes Otter Creek Church podcast July 22, 2012 Can I Get a Witness?: The Things That Ruin - Joshua Graves and Scott Hamilton and Tracie Hamilton. Scott, "Wikipedia doesn't always get it right. I'm 5'4"." https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/otter-creek-church/id175107775〕 At age 13 he began training with Pierre Brunet, a former Olympic champion. In 1976 however, he was almost forced to quit skating because the cost of training was too high and he enrolled in college. However, Helen and Frank McLoraine stepped in to provide financial support for Hamilton to continue his training. Hamilton would later work with the McLoraines in continuing philanthropic support for figure skating. Hamilton attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Hamilton (figure skater)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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