Matt Hamon
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Matt Hamon is a former professional cyclist whose prime competitive years spanned from 1988–1996.He is the cousin of James Heuga
, former US alpine ski racer. Huega won the 1963 NCAA slalom championship and won the bronze medal in slalom for the 1964 Olympic games.
Hamon was a member to the US National Team in 1990, 1993–96 and a 1992 Olympian. His USA 4,000 meter Team Pursuit team finished second at the 1994 World Track Cycling Championships in Palermo, Sicily. This medal is the best finish by an American quartet in the 32-year history of World Championships. In 1995 his squad won a bronze medal at the World Track Cycling Championships in Bogota, Colombia. He was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Long Team. In 1992 he competed in the 4,000 meter USA Olympic Team Pursuit in Barcelona. Matt is a six-time National Champion (1991, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 1996). His squad set the American record in Team Pursuit with a time of 4:10.065 in 1995 in Paris. At the 1991 Pan American Games in Cuba Hamon's Team Pursuit team earned a sliver medal.
After retiring from cycling in 1995 he pursued a career in the visual arts, earning a BA from Humboldt State University in and an MFA from the University of Washington in 2002. He taught at The University of Washington, Prescott College
Montana Tech, and Evergreen State College and is currently a professor of art at The University of Montana.
James Heuga
James Frederic "Jimmie" Heuga was an American alpine ski racer who became one of the first two members of the U.S. men's team to win an Olympic medal in his sport...
, former US alpine ski racer. Huega won the 1963 NCAA slalom championship and won the bronze medal in slalom for the 1964 Olympic games.
Hamon was a member to the US National Team in 1990, 1993–96 and a 1992 Olympian. His USA 4,000 meter Team Pursuit team finished second at the 1994 World Track Cycling Championships in Palermo, Sicily. This medal is the best finish by an American quartet in the 32-year history of World Championships. In 1995 his squad won a bronze medal at the World Track Cycling Championships in Bogota, Colombia. He was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Long Team. In 1992 he competed in the 4,000 meter USA Olympic Team Pursuit in Barcelona. Matt is a six-time National Champion (1991, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 1996). His squad set the American record in Team Pursuit with a time of 4:10.065 in 1995 in Paris. At the 1991 Pan American Games in Cuba Hamon's Team Pursuit team earned a sliver medal.
After retiring from cycling in 1995 he pursued a career in the visual arts, earning a BA from Humboldt State University in and an MFA from the University of Washington in 2002. He taught at The University of Washington, Prescott College
Prescott College
Prescott College is a private liberal arts college in Prescott, Arizona, founded in 1966. It is a non-profit organization which has an undergraduate body of roughly 800 students, and an average student to faculty ratio of 7:1 in on-campus classrooms...
Montana Tech, and Evergreen State College and is currently a professor of art at The University of Montana.