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.

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Hamish Carter

ONZM

Carter in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1971-04-28) 28 April 1971 (age 52) Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Retired	6 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

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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]