Mr Tyler Hamilton is an American Athlete competing in the sport of cycling at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
In 2010, the Athlete was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury to testify in their doping investigation of Lance Armstrong. The Athlete admitted in his testimony that he took banned performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
On May 20, 2011, he also made the confession in an email to friends and family after a taping of the TV news show 60 Minutes, during which he also implicated Lance Armstrong in the doping scandal.
Hamilton then voluntarily surrendered the gold medal he won at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which said it would continue its joint investigative work with the IOC.
On 28 June 2012 the Athlete submitted to the IOC that he:
1.) admitted having used performance enhancing drugs in advance of the Athens Olympic Games; and
2.) accepted disqualification of his 1st place result obtained at the Athens Olympic Games.
Therefore on 10 August 2012 the IOC Executive Board decides:
1.) The athlete, Mr. Tyler Hamilton, is disqualified from the following events in which he competed at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the sport of cycling:
- Men’s Individual Time Trial, in which he placed 1st; and
- Men’s Road Race, in which he placed 18th;
2.) the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is requested to return to the IOC the medal and diploma awarded to Mr. Hamilton in the Men’s Individual Time Trial event;
3.) the International Cycling Union (UCI) is requested to take the appropriate steps so that its records reflect the above; and
4.) the IOC administration is instructed to reallocate the medals and diplomas to the athletes that finished behind Mr. Hamilton in the Men’s Individual Time Trial, in which Mr. Hamilton placed 1st at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
