Joseph "Joe" Hamilton (born June 9, 1978) is an

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goalball player. When Hamilton was a baby, he had a

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in his left eye after contracting

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in the womb which restored his partial sight. He was left totally blind at the age of 12 after a snowboarding accident and two years later, he was introduced to goalball aged 14.

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