Bowling Green State University Athletics
Hall of Fame
Hamilton, Scott
Scott Hamilton
- Induction:
- 2025
Scott Hamilton, a native of Bowling Green, is  a world-renowned figure skater, sports analyst/commentator, and businessman as well as an honorary degree holder from BGSU in 1994.
At age 13 he left home to train for national competition. From 1980-84 Hamilton a veritable plethora of won every national and world competition, capping his career with a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He also won the World Championships, held in Ottawa, Canada, in that same year. Hamilton turned professional after his Olympic victory and created his own professional ice revue, The Scott Hamilton America Tour, which evolved into the touring spectacle Stars on Ice.
His ebullient personality, humor, and showmanship revolutionized the role of the male figure skater and helped create a vast new audience for figure skating. Mr. Hamilton currently serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International.
Hamilton was a 2008 inductee into BGSU’s Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Hall of Fame. Hamilton has won over 70 titles, awards, and honors, including the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, the Jacques Favart Award, and the Thriver Award. He was inducted into both the US Olympic Hall of Fame and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1990.
At age 13 he left home to train for national competition. From 1980-84 Hamilton a veritable plethora of won every national and world competition, capping his career with a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He also won the World Championships, held in Ottawa, Canada, in that same year. Hamilton turned professional after his Olympic victory and created his own professional ice revue, The Scott Hamilton America Tour, which evolved into the touring spectacle Stars on Ice.
His ebullient personality, humor, and showmanship revolutionized the role of the male figure skater and helped create a vast new audience for figure skating. Mr. Hamilton currently serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International.
Hamilton was a 2008 inductee into BGSU’s Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Hall of Fame. Hamilton has won over 70 titles, awards, and honors, including the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, the Jacques Favart Award, and the Thriver Award. He was inducted into both the US Olympic Hall of Fame and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1990.
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