Lynn Polson Hamilton (born 19 April 1962) is a Canadian former basketball player. She competed for Canada in the women's basketball tournament at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, where the Canadian team finished in fourth place. She then represented Canada at the

1986 FIBA World Championship for Women The 1986 FIBA World Championship for Women (Russian:1986 Чемпионат мира ФИБА среди женщин) was hosted by the Soviet Union from August 8–17, 1986. The USA won the tournament, defeating the Soviet Union 108-88 in the fi ...

, where the team finished in third place and won a bronze medal.

Personal life

Polson was born in

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

, Ontario. Polson married rower Doug Hamilton, who also competed at the 1984 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She is the mother of

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

hockey players

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and Freddie Hamilton.

Awards and honors

*Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020). * Bishop's Gaiters Wall of Distinction: Inducted in 2004

References

External links

Athlete Biography
at Sports Reference

at FIBA Archive 1962 births Canadian women's basketball players Living people Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Canada Sportspeople from St. Catharines {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub