 He did not advance past the short program at the European and World Championships in 2006 but was successful at the 2007 European Championships in Warsaw, Poland.He retired from competition after the event.Although Gary Jones was his main coach, Hamer also worked with Michael Jiranek and Rinata Jiranek (2005), Tatiana Tarasova (2006), and Texas-based Lorraine Boreman (2006).