Cancer Survivor Scott Hamilton – A Bumpy Road to Health

A mysterious childhood illness, cancer, three brain tumors. No matter what life throws at him, figure skating legend Scott Hamilton gets back up.

From an early age, figure skating legend Scott Hamilton has been perfecting the art of falling down and getting back up. As a young child, he battled an unknown illness that prevented his body from digesting food properly and stunted his growth. For years, doctors were stumped by his symptoms, never able to pinpoint their cause or how to cure them. As a result, Scott spent a great deal of his early childhood in and out of hospitals. 




The making of a star 

When he was nine, Scott stepped on the ice for the first time, just for fun. He soon began participating in weekly beginner ice-skating classes. Almost immediately, his health began to improve, and, before long, his symptoms had all but disappeared. By the next summer, he was competing. Scott had found his calling – and a cure. 



Then, when he was 18, Scott lost his mother to breast cancer. The grief was devastating. To cope, Scott channeled his pain into figure skating, committed to becoming the best skater he could be – the one his mother always knew he could be. His determination pushed him to Olympic gold seven years later in the 1984 Winter Games. He also managed to stack up four consecutive U.S. and World Championship wins and become one of the world’s most well-known and well-loved Olympic figure skaters.

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