Gordon Hamilton (athlete)

N. Gordon Hamilton (born c.1935) is a former athlete from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at the British Empire and Commmonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Hamilton studied medicine^[2] at the Queen's University Belfast and won the Kenneth Holmes Cup for the outstanding athlete at their 1956 annual meeting after winning the 100 and 220 yards and the long jump.^[3] Shortly afterwards at the British Universities Championships he won the long jump title^[4] and then just two weeks later at the Northern Ireland Championships he retained his long jump title.^[5]

Hamilton won the long jump event during the international match against Scotland in September 1957.^[6] In May 1958 he was selected for the first trials relay team at Paisley Park, with the view to forming the relay squad for the Empire Games.^[7]

Hamilton was named by the Northern Ireland AAA in the final 1958 Northern Irish Team for the forthcoming Empire and Commonwealth Games.^[8] He subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[9] participating in the two athletics events;^[10] the 100 yards^[11] and the long jump.^[12]

Hamilton also played rugby union for Queen's and Ulster and had trials for the Irish national team.^[13]