# Austin Hamilton

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{{short description|Swedish sprinter}}
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'''Austin Hamilton''' (born 29 July 1997) is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) male [track and field](/source/track_and_field) [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)) who competes mainly in the [100 metres](/source/100_metres). He was a bronze medallist in the [60 metres](/source/60_metres) at the [2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) and represented his country at the [2016 European Athletics Championships](/source/2016_European_Athletics_Championships) in the [4 × 100 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay).

A member of [Malmö AI](/source/Malm%C3%B6_AI) club, Hamilton was born in [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) and moved to Sweden at the age of nine. He set a Swedish junior record of 10.40 seconds for the [100 metres](/source/100_metres).<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=h/athlete=142571-hamilton-austin/index.html Austin Hamilton]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|2014
|[World Junior Championships](/source/2014_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Eugene](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon), United States
|15th (sf)
|[100 m](/source/2014_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)
|10.64
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan=2|[European Junior Championships](/source/2015_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Eskilstuna](/source/Eskilstuna), Sweden
|5th
|100 m
|10.72
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.73 {{AthAbbr|NJR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|[World U20 Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships)
|[Bydgoszcz](/source/Bydgoszcz), Poland
|13th (sf)
|[100 m](/source/2016_IAAF_World_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)
|10.47
|-
|[European Championships](/source/2016_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), Netherlands
|11th (h)
|[4 × 100 m relay](/source/2016_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|39.37
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)
|[Belgrade](/source/Belgrade), Serbia
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[60 m](/source/2017_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_60_metres)
|6.63
|-
|rowspan=2|[European U23 Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Bydgoszcz](/source/Bydgoszcz), Poland
|6th
|[100 m](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)
|10.40
|-
| –
|[4 × 100 m relay](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|DNF
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2019_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships)
|[Glasgow, United Kingdom](/source/Glasgow%2C_United_Kingdom)
|17th (sf)
|[60 m](/source/2019_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_60_metres)
|6.75
|-
|[European U23 Championships](/source/2019_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|[Gävle, Sweden](/source/G%C3%A4vle%2C_Sweden)
|8th
|[100 m](/source/2019_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)
|14.70 (w)
|}

==Personal bests==
*[60 metres](/source/60_metres) – 6.63 (2017)
*[100 metres](/source/100_metres) – 10.39 (2019)
*[200 metres](/source/200_metres) – 21.37 (2015)

All info from All-Athletics profile.<ref>[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/680205 Austin Hamilton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075437/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/680205 |date=2017-02-11 }}. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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Category:Living people
Category:1997 births
Category:Swedish men sprinters
Category:Jamaican men sprinters
Category:Swedish people of Jamaican descent
Category:Jamaican emigrants to Sweden
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
Category:Malmö AI athletes

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