Anthony Hamilton (born 18 February 1969 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a former British

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athlete who represented the United Kingdom at the

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and 1992 Paralympic games. He was the winner of two gold medals in the 800m and 1500m in the B3 category at the 1988 games, where he broke the world record for the fastest time over 1500m. In 1992 in

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he won the bronze in the 1500m B3. Hamilton is

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and boarded at

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near

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. He was still at school when he first represented his country. Away from athletics he trained as a teacher, and has taught

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at schools around the Midlands. Hamilton was seconded to Birmingham Local Authority to support schools in an Ofsted category before becoming headmaster of

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for the period of 2009–2021.

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Coventry 2012: Hall of Fame
1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Aylesbury Visually impaired middle-distance runners English people with disabilities British disabled sportspeople English male middle-distance runners Sportsmen with disabilities Paralympic athletes of Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics People educated at Exhall Grange School Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic middle-distance runners {{England-athletics-bio-stub