Hamish Clive Carter (born 28 April 1971 in Auckland) 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. Carter attended Auckland Grammar School where he was a successful rower, competing twice in the Maadi Cup. 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. References 1971 births Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand People educated at Auckland Grammar School Living people Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand Olympic triathletes of New Zealand Sportspeople from Auckland Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in triathlon Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics New Zealand male triathletes Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games