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Matthew James Hamilton (born February 19, 1989) is an American curler from McFarland, Wisconsin.[1] He is a World Junior Champion, World Men's bronze medalist, and Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton currently plays second for the Duluth, Minnesota-based John Shuster team.

Matthew Hamilton
Curler
Born (1989-02-19) February 19, 1989 (age 33)
Team
Curling clubMadison CC
McFarland, WI
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdChris Plys
SecondMatt Hamilton
LeadJohn Landsteiner
AlternateColin Hufman
Mixed doubles
partner
Becca Hamilton
Career
Member Association United States
World Championship
appearances
5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
2 (2017, 2022)
Olympic
appearances
2 (2018, 2022)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  United States
Winter Olympics
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2016 Basel
World Junior Championships
2008 Östersund
2009 Vancouver
US Men's Championship
2020 Cheney
2019 Kalamazoo
2017 Everett
2015 Kalamazoo
2014 Philadelphia
2016 Jacksonville
US Olympic Trials
2017 Omaha
2021 Omaha
US Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials
2017 Blaine
US Mixed Doubles Championship
2017 Blaine
2022 Middleton

Curling career



2007–2014: Early career


Hamilton played for skip Jeremy Roe at the 2007 and 2008 United States Men's National Championships, placing seventh[2] and ninth,[3] respectively. In 2008 he also joined Chris Plys' junior team, who had won the National Junior Championship the two previous years. Hamilton helped make it four Junior National Titles in a row for Plys, winning the 2008 and 2009 championships.[4]

As national champions, Hamilton and Team Plys represented the United States at the World Junior Championships. At the 2008 World Juniors in Östersund, Sweden they took home gold medals after beating Sweden's Oskar Eriksson 9–5 in the final. While in Sweden, Hamilton won the championship's 2008 Sportsmanship Award, an award only given out to one male junior curler and one female junior curler.[1]

The next year, at the 2009 World Junior Championships held in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic Centre, they failed to defend their title, ending up with bronze medals.[4] Hamilton and his juniors team also competed at the 2009 United States Olympic Trials, which doubled as that year's national championship, finishing in eighth place with a 3–6 record.

For the 2009–10 season Hamilton returned to Jeremy Roe's team, as third.

In the stages leading up to the 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship, he played as Paul Pustovar's second through the Medford qualifier and the challenge round, eventually qualifying for the Nationals. He replaced Pustovar as skip in the Nationals, and finished seventh with a 3–6 win–loss record.

Starting with the 2011–12 curling season, Hamilton joined Craig Brown at third for three seasons. This stint culminated with a silver medal at the 2014 National Championship, Hamilton's first men's championship medal.


2014–2018: Gold with Team Shuster


After the 2014 Winter Olympics the United States Curling Association held an athlete combine to determine which curlers to include in their High Performance Program (HPP), aimed at having better success at the next Olympics. Hamilton attended the combine but was not chosen as one of the ten male HPP curlers. John Shuster, three-time Olympian at that point, was also not chosen and in response created a new team nicknamed "The Rejects", bringing on Hamilton at second, fellow Olympian and combine reject John Landsteiner at lead, and Tyler George at third, who hadn't attended the combine due to his work.[5] They maintained this line-up for four seasons and found great success. At their first National Championships together in 2015, they defeated Hamilton's former skip Brown in the final to win the gold medal.[6] Representing the United States at the 2015 World Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Team Shuster missed out on the playoffs when they lost a tiebreaker to Finland's Aku Kauste.[7] As a result of its success, Team Shuster was added to the High Performance Program for 2016.[5]

Hamilton and his team came up just short of defending their national title in 2016, losing to Brady Clark in the final. Despite finishing in second, Team Shuster earned enough points throughout the season to secure their return trip to the World Championship.[8] In Basel, Switzerland they defeated Japan's Yusuke Morozumi in the bronze medal match, earning the first World Men's medal for the United States since 2007.[9] For the 2016–17 season they added Joe Polo, a former teammate of Shuster and George, as alternate and won the 2017 National Championship. At the 2017 World Championship, their third Worlds in a row, they lost in the bronze medal game against Team Switzerland, skipped by Peter de Cruz.[10] Hamilton attended a second world curling championship this season, representing the United States at the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Championship after he and his sister and doubles partner Becca Hamilton won the US Championship. At the Worlds in Lethbridge, Alberta they won their group during the round-robin phase and were the second seed going into the playoffs but ultimately ended in tenth place.[11]

Early in his fourth season on Team Shuster, Hamilton won the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials[5] with them and then a month later won the 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials with Becca, earning his spot in both curling disciplines for his first Olympics.

In the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the US team lost four of its first six matches and needed to win all of its three remaining matches to qualify for the playoffs, but all of its remaining opponents (Canada, Switzerland, and Great Britain) were currently among the top four teams. Nevertheless, the US team won all three matches to finish the round-robin in third place with a record of 5–4. In the semifinals they defeated Canada's Kevin Koe, a two-time world champion, to reach the gold-medal match versus Niklas Edin's team representing Sweden. The gold-medal game was close through seven ends, with the score tied 5–5, but the United States scored five in the eighth end to set up a 10–7 victory.[5][12][13] This was the first Olympic gold medal in curling for the United States. In the mixed doubles competition, the Hamilton siblings did not fare as well, finishing in sixth place with a 2–5 record.[14]


2018–present: Post-Olympics


After the Olympics George took a break from competitive curling and Team Shuster replaced him at third with Chris Plys. The slightly revamped team continued their winning ways, taking gold at the 2019 United States Men's Championship. At the 2019 World Men's Championship they finished in fifth place, having lost to Japan in the first round of playoffs. They defended their United States title at the 2020 United States Men's Championship, defeating Rich Ruohonen in the final to finish the tournament undefeated.[15] The national title would have earned Team Shuster a spot at the final Grand Slam of the season, the Champions Cup,[16] as well as the chance to represent the United States at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship, but both events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

Team Shuster represented the United States at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, which was played in a fan-less bubble in Calgary, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There, the team led the U.S. to a 10–3 round robin record, in third place.[18] They played Switzerland in the playoffs, in a game which was delayed a day due to some curlers testing positive for the virus. In the game, Switzerland, skipped by Peter de Cruz beat the Americans to advance to the semifinals.[19]


Personal life


Hamilton works as a research and development technician[20][21] for Spectrum Brands. He is married[22] and resides in McFarland, Wisconsin. His sister, Becca Hamilton, is also an elite curler. She played with Nina Roth in the women's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as with Matt in the mixed doubles event.

Hamilton gained notoriety on Twitter after tweets comparing him to video game character Mario in 2018 and Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas in 2022 surfaced.[23][24]


Teams



Men's


Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2006–07 Jeremy RoeMatt HamiltonScott TempletonMark HartmanKroy Nernberger2007 USMCC (7th)
2007–08 Chris PlysAanders BrorsonMatt PerushekMatt HamiltonDaniel PlysPhill Drobnick2008 USJCC
2008 WJCC
Jeremy RoePatrick RoeRichard MaskelMark HartmanMatt Hamilton2008 USMCC (9th)
2008–09 Chris PlysAanders BrorsonMatt PerushekMatt HamiltonAaron WaldPhill Drobnick2009 USJCC
2009 WJCC
Chris PlysAanders BrorsonMatt PerushekMatt HamiltonPhill Drobnick2009 USMCC/USOCT (9th)
2009–10 Jeremy RoeMatt HamiltonPatrick RoeTom Gabower
2010–11 Matt HamiltonJeremy RoeJoseph BonfoeyPatrick RoePaul Pustovar2011 USMCC (7th)
2011–12 Craig BrownMatt HamiltonKroy NernbergerDerrick Casper2012 USMCC (4th)
2013–14 Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonJon Brunt2013 USMCC (7th)
2013–14 Craig BrownKroy NernbergerMatt HamiltonJon Brunt2014 USMCC
2014–15 John ShusterTyler GeorgeMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerCraig Brown (WMCC) Pete Fenson 2015 USMCC
2015 WMCC (5th)
2015–16 John ShusterTyler GeorgeMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerKroy Nernberger (WMCC) Phill Drobnick 2016 USMCC
2016 WMCC
2016–17 John ShusterTyler GeorgeMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerJoe PoloPhill Drobnick 2017 USMCC
2017 WMCC (4th)
2017–18 John ShusterTyler GeorgeMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerJoe PoloPhill Drobnick 2017 USOCT
2018 OG
2018–19 John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerKorey Dropkin (WMCC) Derek Brown CWC/2
2019 USMCC
2019 WMCC (5th)
CWC/GF (6th)
2019–20 John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerSean Beighton2020 USMCC
2020–21[25] John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerColin HufmanSean Beighton2021 WMCC (5th)
2021–22 John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerColin Hufman2021 USOCT
2022 OG (4th)
2022–23 John ShusterChris PlysMatt HamiltonJohn LandsteinerColin Hufman

Mixed doubles


Season Male Female Events
2015–16 Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton2016 US World Trials (4th)[26]
2016–17 Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton2017 USMDCC , 2017 WMDCC (10th)
2017–18 Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton2017 USMDOT , 2018 OG (6th)
2018–19 Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton2019 USMDCC (QF)
2019–20 Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton2020 USMDCC (QF)
2020–21[27] Matt HamiltonBecca Hamilton
2021–22 Becca HamiltonMatt Hamilton2021 USMDOT (5th), 2022 USMDCC , 2022 WMDCC (8th)
2022–23 Becca HamiltonMatt Hamilton

References


  1. "Matt Hamilton". USA Curling. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. "2007 U.S. National Championships – Round-robin". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. "2008 United States Curling Championships – Standings". CurlingZone. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. Kolesar, Terry (June 7, 2009). "Plys leads USA to bronze at World Juniors". U.S. Curling News. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  5. Peters, Justin (February 22, 2018). "Somebody Needs to Make a Movie About John Shuster and His Ragtag Team of Curling Rejects". Slate Magazine. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  6. "2015 USA Men's National Championship – Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  7. "FINLAND EKES OUT TIEBREAKER WIN AT FORD WORLDS". Curling Canada. April 3, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  8. Davis, Terry (February 13, 2016). "Team Clark sweeps up national title". USA Curling. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  9. Bohnert, Shane (April 10, 2016). "U.S. Men's Curling Team Wins First World Medal In 9 Years". Team USA. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  10. "Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  11. "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  12. Estes, Gentry (February 23, 2018). "Morning Coffee: To John Shuster of USA Curling: I'm sorry for doubting you". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  13. Hendricks, Maggie (February 28, 2018). "Olympic curler John Shuster on the mantra that brought his team back from brink of elimination". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  14. "XXIII. Olympic Winter Games 2018". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  15. Schneider, Angela (February 15, 2020). "John Shuster caps unbeaten run through USA Curling Nationals with win over Rich Ruohonen in final". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  16. "Ruohonen Joins Shuster in Top Page Game". USA Curling. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  17. "Canadian curling continues to get hammered by novel coronavirus cancellations". The Star. March 14, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  18. "Canada eliminated from men's curling worlds with tense loss to Scotland". CBC. March 14, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  19. Michael Burns (April 11, 2021). "Scotland and Switzerland advance to semi-finals". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  20. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. Jimmy Golen (November 19, 2017). "American curling siblings Matt and Becca Hamilton make Olympics". Denver Post. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  22. 2019 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Shuster
  23. "The Winter Olympics' first big star is a curler who looks like Super Mario". February 9, 2018.
  24. "Valtteri Bottas Hilariously Responds to His Resemblance to Olympian Matt Hamilton". Essentially Sports. February 13, 2022.
  25. "Team Shuster Returns". USA Curling. May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  26. "USA Mixed Doubles World Trials – Round-Robin". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  27. "Mixed Doubles Teams Announced". USA Curling. May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.



На других языках


- [en] Matt Hamilton (curler)

[fr] Matt Hamilton

Matt Hamilton, né le 19 février 1989 à Madison, est un curleur américain.

[it] Matt Hamilton

Matt Hamilton (Madison, 19 febbraio 1989) è un giocatore di curling statunitense.

[ru] Хэмилтон, Мэтт

Мэ́ттью «Мэтт» Хэ́милтон (англ. Matthew «Matt» Hamilton; род. 19 февраля 1989, Мадисон) — американский кёрлингист.



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