Jay O'Brien (bobsleigh)
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Born | 1883 (1883) | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 1940 (1941) (aged 57) | |||||||||||||||||
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Jay James O'Brien (February 22, 1883 – April 5, 1940) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the four-man event at Lake Placid, New York, in 1932 and a silver in the five-man event at St. Moritz in 1928. At 48 years old, he was the oldest Olympic champion.
O'Brien was also a jockey,[1] and was head of the United States Olympic Bobsled Committee at the time of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. He died of a heart attack in 1940.
References
- ^ "The forgotten story of ... those magnificent men and their flying bobsled". Guardian. February 25, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928[dead link]
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 560.
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- 1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
- 1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
- 1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
- 1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
- 1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
- 1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
- 1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
- 1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
- 1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
- 1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
- 1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
- 1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
- 1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
- 1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
- 1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
- 1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
- 1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
- 2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
- 2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
- 2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
- 2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
- 2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
- 2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)
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