Alan Washbond
American bobsledder (1899–1965)
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Alan M. Washbond (October 14, 1899 – July 30, 1965) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. A native of Keene Valley, New York, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
A street in Keene Valley, Alan Washbond Drive, is named in his honor. His son, Waightman, competed for the US in bobsleigh at the 1948 and 1956 Winter Olympics.
References
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Brainyhistory.com profile
- D'Espo Funeral Home announcement of Waightman Washbond's 2006 death. - accessed May 8, 2008
- Hudson Art Gallery on Alan Washbond Drive in Keene Valley, NY
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- 1932:
Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens (USA)
- 1936:
Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond (USA)
- 1948:
Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller (SUI)
- 1952:
Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl (GER)
- 1956:
Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti (ITA)
- 1964:
Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon (GBR)
- 1968:
Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis (ITA)
- 1972:
Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider (FRG)
- 1976:
Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR)
- 1980:
Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz (SUI)
- 1984:
Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer (GDR)
- 1988:
Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Kozlov (URS)
- 1992:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1994:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1998:
Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern (CAN)
1998:Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia (ITA)
- 2002:
Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann (GER)
- 2006:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2010:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2014:
Beat Hefti & Alex Baumann (SUI)
- 2018:
Justin Kripps & Alexander Kopacz (CAN)
2018:Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis (GER)
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