Simeon "Simi" Hamilton (born May 14, 1987) is an American former cross-country skier, who competed between 2000 and 2021. Hamilton attended Middlebury College from 2005 to 2009, during which time he competed for its ski team, individually earning several All-American NCAA Championship results. It was announced on 29 January 2010 that Hamilton qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Hamilton competed in the 15 kilometer freestyle, 1.5 kilometer classic sprint, and 4x10km relay races. He paced all Americans in the field in the 1.5 kilometer sprint by advancing to the medal rounds and finishing 29th of 96 competitors. In the relay, Hamilton pulled away from the Estonian skier in the anchor leg to secure a 13th-place finish.
On December 31, 2013, Hamilton won Stage 3 of the 2013–14 FIS Tour de Ski, a 1.5 kilometer freestyle sprint. In doing so, he became the first American male skier to win a World Cup race since Bill Koch won the Sarajevo 30 km in February 1983. On December 19, 2015, Hamilton placed second in the World Cup freestyle sprint in Toblach.
He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March, 2021.
In 2019, Hamilton married fellow U.S. cross-country teammate Sophie Caldwell.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 22 64 — — 29 13 — 2014 26 — — — 27 11 6 2018 30 — — — 20 — 6
World Championships Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2011 23 51 — — 25 — — 2013 25 — — — 34 — — 2015 27 — — — 12 11 7 2017 29 — — — 28 10 5 2019 31 — — 34 9 — 8 2021 33 31 — — — 8 14
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiSki Tour2020World CupFinalSki TourCanada 2010 22 176 — 107 — — 2011 23 130 79 — — 2012 24 62 22 — — 2013 25 91 46 — — 2014 26 54 20 — 2015 27 63 8926 2016 28 32 10 68 2017 29 30 9 45 2018 30 40 73 17 49 2019 31 37 17 66 26 2020 32 61 24 — 2021 33 51 14 55
Individual podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 4 podiums – (2 , 2 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2013–14 31 December 2013 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st22015–16 19 December 2015 Toblach, Italy 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd3 1 March 2016 Gatineau, Canada 1.7 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd42016–17 14 January 2017 Toblach, Italy 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
References
External links