Suzy Favor-Hamilton
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| Birth name | Suzy Favor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||
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August 8, 1968 Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
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| Residence | Manhattan Beach, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 3⁄4 in (1.62 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Mark Hamilton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzy Favor Hamilton (born August 8, 1968) is an American former middle distance runner. She competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Suzy Favor was born in 1968 to Conrad and Rachel (Skundberg) Favor in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her brother Dan Favor committed suicide in 1999. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1991.
Favor Hamilton began running at age nine. She attended and competed at Stevens Point Area Senior High, graduating in 1986. Coached by Peter Tegen, she became one of the top middle distance runners in the USA in the 1990s. Competing for the University of Wisconsin she won 9 NCAA championships and a silver medal in the 1989 World University Games. She won four USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and three USA Indoor Track and Field Championships all in the 1500 metres.
In 1991 and 1992, Favor Hamilton was a volunteer assistant cross country coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Favor Hamilton competed in the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. She finished 11th in her qualifying round race in the 1500 meters in 1992, 4th in her qualifying race in the 800 meters in 1996. She made the finals of the 1500 meters in 2000 with the second best qualifying time (1/100th of a second slower than the best by the eventual winner) and led into the final lap of the final.
Favor Hamilton confessed that she deliberately fell on the track and feigned injury during the women's 1500m race at 2000 Summer Olympics after seeing she was losing the race and would not win a medal.
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