Career
In 1992 he bronze for the 1500m. Hamilton is partially sighted and boarded at Exhall Grange School near Coventry. He was still at school when he first represented his country.
Away from athletics he trained as a teacher, and has taught geography at schools around the Midlands.
Hamilton was seconded to Birmingham Local Authority to support schools in an Ofsted category before becoming of George Dixon Academy in 2009.