Matt Hamilton: Olympic curling champion on his support for brain cancer research

Matt Hamilton has already written his name into the annals of Team USA Olympic history.

The man from McFarland, Wisconsin, who plays second for Team Shuster, helped win his nation's first gold medal in curling at PyeongChang 2018.

But chances are his gold medal is very low on the list of what he would say defines him.

We break down the top things to know about Hamilton: human being first, athlete second.

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Many viewers have noticed Hamilton's beautiful, flowing locks at the Games. But it turns out there's more to the story, as is usually the case for him, than it simply being a fashion statement.

"I'm going to cut it and donate it to a children's wig foundation," Hamilton said earlier during Beijing 2022. "And I'm trying to raise some money with one of the charities I'm working with, an awesome non-profit out of New York that is doing brain cancer research."

Stache Strong is a non-profit that has raised more than $1.75 million for research to fight glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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It really feels like Hamilton can do it all, and it's hard to find something that he's not interested in.

For example, he can accurately describe how the game of curling works using lego bricks.

He has more than a passing interest in roasting coffee, playing golf, tennis, frisbee, spikeball, football, softball, and boating.

He's had a bobblehead made depicting him, which, by all accounts, would make him the first curling professional to have a bobblehead made from his likeness.

He also wears customised shoes and sports colourful socks with wacky patterns, which he did at