Hamish Carter

Hamish Clive Carter ONZM (born 28 April 1971 in Auckland)[1] is a New Zealand triathlete. He won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, his second Olympic games. Carter also competed on the International Triathlon Union World Cup circuit as a professional for many years, culminating in a silver medal in 2006 before announcing his retirement early in 2007. During his career he won twelve ITU world cup races.

For the British gymnast, see Hamish Carter (gymnast).

Hamish Carter
ONZM
Carter wins 2005 Chicago Triathlon
Personal information
Born (1971-04-28) 28 April 1971
Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Retired6 March 2007
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Individual
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Individual
ITU World Championships
1997 Perth Individual
2006 Lausanne Individual
1993 Manchester Individual
ITU World Cup
1998 Overall World Cup

Carter attended Auckland Grammar School where he was a successful rower, competing twice in the Maadi Cup.[2]

Carter won the bronze medal in triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then went on to win the triathlon gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating fellow New Zealander, Bevan Docherty. Carter's time was 1:51:07.73, less than eight seconds faster than Docherty's. On 3 September 2006 in Lausanne, Carter won silver at the World Championships after finishing 17 seconds behind Tim Don. In October 2006, Hamish Carter won the Xterra World Championship in Maui, Hawaii defeating a field of more experienced off-road triathletes.

On 6 March 2007 he announced his retirement.[3][4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamish Carter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. Taylor, P. (2007). Get Carter: The Hamish Carter Story, page 28. Auckland: Hachette Livre NA Ltd.
  3. Olympic champion Carter retires BBC Sport
  4. Docherty hopes to carry on from Carter Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine NewstalkZB
Awards
Preceded by
Ben Fouhy		 New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year
2004		 Succeeded by
Michael Campbell


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