Hamish Carter
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Gold | 2004 Athens | Triathlon |
'Hamish Clive Carter(born 28 April 1971 in Auckland) is a New Zealand triathlete, who competed in the triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place.
He won the bronze medal in the triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then went on to win the triathlon gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating his close friend, rival and fellow New Zealander, Bevan Docherty. Carter's time was 1:51:07.73, less than eight seconds faster than Docherty's. On September 3 2006 in Lausanne Carter won silver at the World Championships after finishing 17 seconds behind of Tim Don.