hi, my name is erin
hi, my name is erin

anything is possible.

This website is dedicated to my triathlon career as well as my advocacy for brain injury awareness, mental health awareness, and transgender equality.

It’s critical to share your stories to bring awareness of important topics and educate to help empower others who may be struggling with similar hardships in life. Showing people, they aren’t alone and that they can overcome anything if they put in the work, time, and dedication. I’ve definitely shared how I was able to overcome many adversities and achieve amazing triumphs!

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latest.

writings
why I've taken a pause racing
why I've taken a pause racing

I always try to keep a balance of the amount or harassment and hate I’m willing to put up with to fight for myself and my community and the toll of putting up with all of it on my mental health and everyday life. Then you add to everything that happened after the presidential election to the mix, well, it I just didn’t want to deal with it and moved the fight off the race course.

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save redmond's old firehouse
save redmond's old firehouse

The City of Redmond announced the closure of the Old Firehouse Teen Center (OFH) at the end of March; a historic rock venue and vital resource to teens for 30 years.

The Old Firehouse is the one truly safe, accessible, and welcoming place for local neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, and at-risk youth to go between home and school.

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features.

 
 

Erin Hamilton Just Wants to Race - Triathlete Magazine Feature

“After turning her world upside down, the dream of a finish line kept this trans athlete going. But will she get to compete as herself in the sport she loves?”

Coming Out - Second Chances and Self Discovery - Live Feisty Media

“Hi, my name is Erin. I’m a female amateur triathlete who happens to be transgender.

Wait…. What?

Yep, that wasn’t a typo, I’m a transgender woman. 2017 produced a lot of firsts: returning to competitive racing since sustaining my traumatic brain injury, entering the world of triathlon, finishing my first 140.6 Ironman in Coeur d’Alene, and finding myself. You know, just to list a few. During all of that I also began my transition journey from male to female.”

Coming Out - Let’s Talk About Locker Rooms - Live Feisty Media

“In part one of my Coming Out series I shared my comeback from a severe traumatic brain injury, my discovery of who I really am—a Transgender woman—and my quest to go from not being able to walk to completing a full Ironman.

I had been cleared by my doctors, after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and overcome relearning how to walk and talk, to begin training for Ironman Coeur d’Alene, which was ten months away, and I was about three months into my Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). My hormone levels were slowly getting into the female range, and my body was beginning to change. I like to refer to this stage of transition as the awkward stage…waiting for hair to grow out, anticipating breast development, dealing with facial hair etc.”

my girlfriends ;)

AKA, my bikes.

2015 S-Works Tarmac Di2 Disc (road)
Nickname: The Batmobile
Color: Matte black
Wheels: Roval CLA 40 SCS Disc
Tires (race): S-Works Turbo or Turbo Cotten
Tires (general): Specialized Turbo Pro
Peddles: Speedplay Zero
Chainrings: Praxis Works 50/35
Powermeter: S-Works branded Quarq Spider
Bar tape: Lizardskins (pink)
Everything else: Stock
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2016 Specialized Shiv Elite Di2 (triathlon)
Nickname: Purple Rain
Color: Purple/Hyper Green
Wheels (race/summer): Roval CL60
Wheels (train/not summer): Axis Elite
Tires: Specialized Turbo Pro
Crank: S-Works Carbon Crank Arms
Handlebar:  S-Works Carbon Aerobar
Peddles: Speedplay Zero
Bar tape: Lizardskins (purple)
Everything else: Stock
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