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Suzy Favor Hamilton

February 28, 2023

Suzy Favor Hamilton (born August 8, 1968) is an American former middle-distance runner. She competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics.

Suzy Favor
Personal information
Full nameSuzy Favor Hamilton
NationalityAmerican
Born (1968-08-08) August 8, 1968 (age 54)
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 3⁄4 in (1.62 m)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)Middle-distance running
College teamUniversity of Wisconsin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Mile: 4:22.93
1500m: 3:57.40
Medal record

Early life and education

Suzy Favor was born in 1968 to Conrad and Rachel (Skundberg) Favor in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.[1][2] She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1991.[3]

Career

Running

Favor began running at age nine. She attended and competed at Stevens Point Area Senior High, graduating in 1986. She was the US Junior Record Holder at 1500m and won 3 National Junior Titles in High School. She was named by Scholastic Sports magazine as one of the top 100 High School Athletes of the Century and was inducted into the US National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

At the University of Wisconsin, she won the Honda Cup and Babe Zaharias Awards for Top Female Collegiate Athlete in the country. She was named by the Big Ten Conference as the top Female Athlete in Conference History. Coached by Peter Tegen, she became one of the top middle-distance runners in the US in the 1990s. She won a record nine NCAA championships, 32 Big-Ten championships and a silver medal in the 1989 World University Games. She won four USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[4] and three USA Indoor Track and Field Championships[5] all in the 1500 meters.

In 1990, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female collegiate track and field athlete. In 1991, she won the Honda Sports Award in the top female cross country runner category.[6] In addition, she was awarded the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the nation's best overall female collegiate athlete.[7][8][9]

In 1991 and 1992, Favor was a volunteer assistant cross country coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.[10][11][12]

Competing professionally, Favor competed in the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000, finishing 11th in her qualifying round race in the 1500 meters in 1992, and 4th in her qualifying race in the 800 meters in 1996. She made the finals of the 1500 meters in 2000 with the second best qualifying time (1/100th of a second slower than the best by the eventual winner). Though she led into the last lap of the final,[13] she later revealed that she deliberately tripped on the track after fading in the stretch.[14][15]

Prostitution

In December 2012, after being confronted by a reporter, Favor Hamilton admitted that she had worked as an escort.[16][17][18][19] Favor has said that her decision to become an escort was made under the influence of her antidepressant medication, a misdiagnosis of her bipolar disorder, and with the full involvement of her now-ex-husband.[20] She cited the effects of the suicide of her brother, Dan, in 1999, on her condition.[21][22] She had learned from her therapist that the antidepressant she was taking had put her in a manic state, saying "It wasn't Suzy. I keep trying to emphasize that wasn't me. It was the disease."[20] In the immediate aftermath of her escorting becoming public, the Big Ten renamed its award for Female Athlete of the Year which had previously carried her name.[16] Favor Hamilton also lost several sponsorships and athletic business relationships, including with Nike.[23][24][25] However, Favor subsequently was inducted into the inaugural class of the Collegiate Athletics Hall of Fame, along with athletes such as Carl Lewis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Steve Prefontaine. [26] She is now an artist and wrote her memoir Fast Girl[27][28] about healing from bipolar disorder.[29]

Personal life

Favor married Mark Hamilton, then a pitcher on the university baseball team in 1991; they were divorced in 2021.[30] Favor has one daughter.[31] Favor lives in Hermosa Beach, California.[32]

References

  1. ^ O'Brien, Richard (June 11, 1990). "Wisconsin's Suzy Favor doubled at the NCAAs". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "Favored Status : Marketing Focus on Hamilton's Looks Has Benefits, but It Doesn't Always Go Over With Her or Her Opponents". Los Angeles Times. July 9, 1992. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "She's Adjusting to Living Life On the Run : Track: After a busy year, former Wisconsin middle-distance standout Suzy Hamilton is hopeful that she will be in top form at Olympic Trials". Los Angeles Times. September 6, 2000. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  4. ^ . USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "USA Indoor Track & Field Champions". USA Track & Field.
  6. ^ "Cross Country". CWSA. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Gambaccini, Peter (September 10, 2015). "Suzy Favor Hamilton Ruled on the Track". Runner's World. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)". CWSA. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "BaseballAtlanta Braves - Activated OF Deion..." Baltimore Sun. September 25, 1991. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  11. ^ "Unheralded Boakes Takes Miami Mile". Sun Sentinel. January 20, 1992. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  12. ^ "Names In The Game". Associated Press. September 23, 1991. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  13. ^ . SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  14. ^ Hegarty, Stephanie (July 30, 2012). "Should athletes prepare for defeat?". BBC News.
  15. ^ Longman, Jere (October 1, 2000). "Sydney 2000: Women's 1,500; A Mysterious Fall by Favor Hamilton". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Suzy Favor Hamilton's name stripped from Big Ten award". USA Today. July 2, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  17. ^ "U.S. Olympian's Secret Life As Las Vegas Escort". The Smoking Gun. December 20, 2012.
  18. ^ "Report: Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton worked as high-priced escort". Los Angeles Times. December 21, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  19. ^ "Former Olympian Cites Depression for Taking Job as Escort". The New York Times. December 20, 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Olympian Turned Vegas Escort Suzy Favor Hamilton: Why I Was Having Sex for Money". ABC "20/20". September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  21. ^ . Wsaw.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  22. ^ "Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she's worked as an escort". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  23. ^ "Suzy Favor Hamilton: Disney Cuts Ties With Ex-Olympian Turned Escort". Eonline.com. December 21, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  24. ^ Coker, Matt (July 3, 2013). "Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic Runner Barred as Disneyland Marathon Promoter Due to Her Paid-Escort Services, is Deep-Sixed by Big Ten". Blogs.ocweekly.com. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  25. ^ "Hamilton, Big Ten sports icon, admits to working as call girl". Chicago Tribune. December 21, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  26. ^ "USTFCCCA Announces Creation of Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame". ustfccca.org. April 14, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  27. ^ Favor Hamilton, Suzy; Tomlinson, Sarah (2015). Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness. Harper Collins. ISBN 9780062346223.
  28. ^ "Harper Collins". Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  29. ^ "Elle Magazine". Crash of the Titan. April 23, 2013.
  30. ^ "Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Ditches Social Media, Stays Mum on Her Divorce". May 29, 2021.
  31. ^ "Olympian Favor Hamilton finds true gold". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 21, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  32. ^ "Suzy Favor Hamilton (@favorhamilton) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016.

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Suzy Favor Hamilton born August 8 1968 is an American former middle distance runner She competed in the 1992 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Suzy FavorPersonal informationFull nameSuzy Favor HamiltonNationalityAmericanBorn 1968 08 08 August 8 1968 age 54 Stevens Point Wisconsin U S Height5 ft 3 3 4 in 1 62 m Weight110 lb 50 kg SportSportRunningEvent s Middle distance runningCollege teamUniversity of WisconsinAchievements and titlesPersonal best s Mile 4 22 93 1500m 3 57 40Medal record Women s AthleticsRepresenting the United StatesUniversiade1989 Duisburg 1500 mPan American Junior Championships1984 Nassau 1500 m1986 Winter Park 1500 m Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Running 2 2 Prostitution 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and education EditSuzy Favor was born in 1968 to Conrad and Rachel Skundberg Favor in Stevens Point Wisconsin 1 2 She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1991 3 Career EditRunning Edit Favor began running at age nine She attended and competed at Stevens Point Area Senior High graduating in 1986 She was the US Junior Record Holder at 1500m and won 3 National Junior Titles in High School She was named by Scholastic Sports magazine as one of the top 100 High School Athletes of the Century and was inducted into the US National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 At the University of Wisconsin she won the Honda Cup and Babe Zaharias Awards for Top Female Collegiate Athlete in the country She was named by the Big Ten Conference as the top Female Athlete in Conference History Coached by Peter Tegen she became one of the top middle distance runners in the US in the 1990s She won a record nine NCAA championships 32 Big Ten championships and a silver medal in the 1989 World University Games She won four USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 4 and three USA Indoor Track and Field Championships 5 all in the 1500 meters In 1990 she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation s best female collegiate track and field athlete In 1991 she won the Honda Sports Award in the top female cross country runner category 6 In addition she was awarded the Honda Broderick Cup given to the nation s best overall female collegiate athlete 7 8 9 In 1991 and 1992 Favor was a volunteer assistant cross country coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu California 10 11 12 Competing professionally Favor competed in the Summer Olympics in 1992 1996 and 2000 finishing 11th in her qualifying round race in the 1500 meters in 1992 and 4th in her qualifying race in the 800 meters in 1996 She made the finals of the 1500 meters in 2000 with the second best qualifying time 1 100th of a second slower than the best by the eventual winner Though she led into the last lap of the final 13 she later revealed that she deliberately tripped on the track after fading in the stretch 14 15 Prostitution Edit In December 2012 after being confronted by a reporter Favor Hamilton admitted that she had worked as an escort 16 17 18 19 Favor has said that her decision to become an escort was made under the influence of her antidepressant medication a misdiagnosis of her bipolar disorder and with the full involvement of her now ex husband 20 She cited the effects of the suicide of her brother Dan in 1999 on her condition 21 22 She had learned from her therapist that the antidepressant she was taking had put her in a manic state saying It wasn t Suzy I keep trying to emphasize that wasn t me It was the disease 20 In the immediate aftermath of her escorting becoming public the Big Ten renamed its award for Female Athlete of the Year which had previously carried her name 16 Favor Hamilton also lost several sponsorships and athletic business relationships including with Nike 23 24 25 However Favor subsequently was inducted into the inaugural class of the Collegiate Athletics Hall of Fame along with athletes such as Carl Lewis Jackie Joyner Kersee and Steve Prefontaine 26 She is now an artist and wrote her memoir Fast Girl 27 28 about healing from bipolar disorder 29 Personal life EditFavor married Mark Hamilton then a pitcher on the university baseball team in 1991 they were divorced in 2021 30 Favor has one daughter 31 Favor lives in Hermosa Beach California 32 References Edit O Brien Richard June 11 1990 Wisconsin s Suzy Favor doubled at the NCAAs Sports Illustrated Retrieved March 10 2014 Favored Status Marketing Focus on Hamilton s Looks Has Benefits but It Doesn t Always Go Over With Her or Her Opponents Los Angeles Times July 9 1992 Retrieved March 10 2014 She s Adjusting to Living Life On the Run Track After a busy year former Wisconsin middle distance standout Suzy Hamilton is hopeful that she will be in top form at Olympic Trials Los Angeles Times September 6 2000 Retrieved March 10 2014 USA Outdoor Track amp Field Champions USA Track amp Field Archived from the original on June 10 2011 USA Indoor Track amp Field Champions USA Track amp Field Cross Country CWSA Retrieved March 29 2020 Gambaccini Peter September 10 2015 Suzy Favor Hamilton Ruled on the Track Runner s World Retrieved March 27 2020 Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners Honda Cup CWSA Retrieved March 27 2020 Track amp Field CWSA Retrieved March 27 2020 BaseballAtlanta Braves Activated OF Deion Baltimore Sun September 25 1991 Retrieved March 10 2014 Unheralded Boakes Takes Miami Mile Sun Sentinel January 20 1992 Retrieved March 10 2014 Names In The Game Associated Press September 23 1991 Retrieved March 10 2014 Suzy Favor Hamilton SR Olympic Sports Archived from the original on April 18 2020 Hegarty Stephanie July 30 2012 Should athletes prepare for defeat BBC News Longman Jere October 1 2000 Sydney 2000 Women s 1 500 A Mysterious Fall by Favor Hamilton The New York Times Retrieved March 10 2014 a b Suzy Favor Hamilton s name stripped from Big Ten award USA Today July 2 2013 Retrieved March 10 2014 U S Olympian s Secret Life As Las Vegas Escort The Smoking Gun December 20 2012 Report Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton worked as high priced escort Los Angeles Times December 21 2012 Retrieved March 10 2014 Former Olympian Cites Depression for Taking Job as Escort The New York Times December 20 2012 a b Olympian Turned Vegas Escort Suzy Favor Hamilton Why I Was Having Sex for Money ABC 20 20 September 10 2015 Retrieved September 10 2015 Suzy Favor Hamilton Talks about Her Brother s Suicide Facing Her Own Darkness Wsaw com Archived from the original on December 31 2012 Retrieved March 10 2014 Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she s worked as an escort San Jose Mercury News Retrieved March 10 2014 Suzy Favor Hamilton Disney Cuts Ties With Ex Olympian Turned Escort Eonline com December 21 2012 Retrieved March 10 2014 Coker Matt July 3 2013 Suzy Favor Hamilton Olympic Runner Barred as Disneyland Marathon Promoter Due to Her Paid Escort Services is Deep Sixed by Big Ten Blogs ocweekly com Retrieved March 10 2014 Hamilton Big Ten sports icon admits to working as call girl Chicago Tribune December 21 2012 Retrieved March 10 2014 USTFCCCA Announces Creation of Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame ustfccca org April 14 2022 Retrieved July 21 2022 Favor Hamilton Suzy Tomlinson Sarah 2015 Fast Girl A Life Spent Running from Madness Harper Collins ISBN 9780062346223 Harper Collins Retrieved November 26 2016 Elle Magazine Crash of the Titan April 23 2013 Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Ditches Social Media Stays Mum on Her Divorce May 29 2021 Olympian Favor Hamilton finds true gold Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 21 2012 Retrieved March 10 2014 Suzy Favor Hamilton favorhamilton Twitter twitter com Retrieved May 11 2016 External links EditOfficial website Suzy Favor Hamilton at World Athletics Suzy Favor Hamilton at TeamUSA org Suzy Favor Hamilton at Olympics com Suzy Favor Hamilton at Olympedia Suzy Favor Hamilton Interview Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suzy Favor Hamilton amp oldid 1133990828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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