Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971, Marblehead, Massachusetts) is a former American professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, whose career and reputation were repeatedly marred by doping scandals. He counts a 2008 U.S. National Championship and a gold medal from the 2004 Olympic games among his palmarès. The first public evidence of his blood doping came in the 2004 Olympics, when he was accused of blood doping by Olympic officia...
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Tyler Hamilton (born March 1, 1971, Marblehead, Massachusetts) is a former American professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, whose career and reputation were repeatedly marred by doping scandals. He counts a 2008 U.S. National Championship and a gold medal from the 2004 Olympic games among his palmarès. The first public evidence of his blood doping came in the 2004 Olympics, when he was accused of blood doping by Olympic officials. Later that year, he was accused again of doping, in the Vuelta a España, and subsequently served a two-year suspension from racing. He returned to the sport in the 2007 season only to be suspended by his team after being implicated in the Operation Puerto drug scandal. He returned a second time only to fail an out-of-competition check for performance enhancing drugs, and retire in April 2009.
Hamilton attended Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire, where he started cycling. After graduating in 1990, he attended the University of...
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