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Austin Hamilton

Austin Hamilton in 2015
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Sweden
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Belgrade 60 m

Austin Hamilton (born 29 July 1997) is a Swedish male track and field sprinter who competes mainly in the 100 metres. He was a bronze medallist in the 60 metres at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships and represented his country at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

A member of Malmö AI club, Hamilton was born in Jamaica and moved to Sweden at the age of nine. He set a Swedish junior record of 10.40 seconds for the 100 metres.[1]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 15th (sf) 100 m 10.64
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 5th 100 m 10.72
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.73 NJR
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 13th (sf) 100 m 10.47
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.37
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 60 m 6.63
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 6th 100 m 10.40
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 17th (sf) 60 m 6.75
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 8th 100 m 14.70 (w)

Personal bests

All info from All-Athletics profile.[2]

References

  1. ^ Austin Hamilton. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
  2. ^ Austin Hamilton Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.