[5] She took the singles bronze medal in Sochi's 2014 Winter Olympics, something the Associated Press called "a feat that will surely go down as perhaps the greatest moment in USA Luge history".

By age 17 Hamlin won a gold medal at the Junior National Luge Championship held in Lake Placid, NY.

[5] In 2009, Hamlin placed first at the FIL World Luge Championships held in Lake Placid, New York.

[9] In addition, Hamlin and third-placed Natalia Yakushenko were the first non-German world championship medallists in women's luge since the Austrian Angelika Neuner in 1997.

Hamlin attended Remsen Junior-Senior High School where she was a Sectional All-Star in both soccer and track.

[2] Hamlin is sponsored by Adirondack Bank and has appeared in print advertisements and commercials that air locally in the Utica/Rome area.