Elizabeth Hamilton (fencer)

Elizabeth Hamilton
Personal information
Birth nameElizabeth Florence Robson
BornAugust 10, 1918[1]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedJanuary 30, 2011(2011-01-30) (aged 92)
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Sport
SportFencing

Elizabeth Florence Hamilton (née Robson, later Hale; August 10, 1918 – January 30, 2011) was a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Born and raised in Montreal, she was a daughter of Alfred Atkinson and Maud Robson; her father was killed in a 1921 workplace accident at the National Drug Company in which a boiler exploded.[3] In 1943, she married future politician William McLean Hamilton, the son of Ernie Hamilton, who competed in lacrosse for Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[4] She later married F. Earle Hale around 1953[5] and attended McGill University to earn a Master of Library Science degree after which she worked as a librarian in Montreal. She moved to Lethbridge, Alberta in 1999 and died there in 2011 at the age of 92.[6]

  1. ^ Elizabeth Hamilton at Olympedia
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Hamilton Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "Magnesium Powder Thrown In Furnace Caused One Death". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. January 29, 1921. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hamilton-Robson". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. June 21, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Touche-As Stars Meet". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. July 31, 1954. p. 26. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "View a Tribute Fund | Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation". Crhfoundation.ca. Retrieved January 19, 2019.