James Bickford (bobsleigh)
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| Full name | James John Bickford Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1912 Lake Placid, New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 October 1989 (aged 76) Rainbow Lake, New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James John Bickford (November 2, 1912 – October 3, 1989) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.
Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.
At the FIBT World Championships, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man: 1949) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1954, Four-man: 1937).
References
[edit]- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- List of American flag bearers during the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies.
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- Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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- Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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