Cheryl Hamilton has been an internationally recognized judge of elite gymnastics for over 45 years, officiating at four Olympics, world championship competitions in 21 countries and numerous World Cups. She was the USA Judge of Olympic competition at Tokyo (2021), Rio de Janeiro (2016), London (2012) and Atlanta (1996), continues to judge gymnastics at the highest international and national levels, and been appointed by the International Gymnastics Federation of Judges to be the USA Women’s Gymnastics judge at her fifth Olympics, in 2024 in Paris. She has judged World Championship competitions in nearly 20 countries.

She began teaching gymnastics in Delaware in 1973. In 1977, she began judging, became Delaware State Judging Director for 10 years, regional technical chair for the Mid-Atlantic Gymnastics Directors Association, as a judges’ assistant for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, National Technical Committee Chair for the USA Gymnastics for 30 years, leading to her invitation to international elite judging, beginning with her selection as Line Judge for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

She was one of two international judges asked to support a trial event in Tokyo to help the International Olympic Committee work through the challenges of hosting during Covid-19. At the 2023 World Cup in Cairo, she and a representative from Ukraine were chosen to administer the athletes’ oath at the opening ceremony. She has received two Gold Standard for Judging Awards from the International Gymnastics Federation of Judges, for unbiased and technical excellence. She played a major role in writing the Code of Points rule book for USA judges, for over a quarter century. This document covers scoring policies for every aspect of competition within the four key gymnastics areas; Floor Exercise, Beam Bars, and Vaulting. She continues to judge local, regional and Junior Olympic program competitions.