Scott Hamilton

Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist known for his originality and engaging on-ice personalities.

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He was adopted at the age of six weeks by Ernest and Dorothy Hamilton of Bowling Green, Ohio. He has two siblings, older sister Susan and younger brother Steven (also adopted).

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When Scott was just two years old he contracted a mysterious illness that caused him to stop growing. After numerous tests and several false diagnoses (including a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis that gave the boy just six months to live), the disease began to correct itself. It was never properly diagnosed and it is not known what corrected it; whether it was the latest of multiple diets his doctors had suggested or whether it was all the vigorous exercise he was suddenly getting from taking up figure skating. Whatever the cause, he began to grow again (although he never grew very tall).

August 28: August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining....

1958: 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar....

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