James John Bickford (November 2, 1912October 3, 1989) was an American
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der who competed from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Competing in four
Winter Olympics
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, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at
St. Moritz in
1948.
Bickford also carried the
United States
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flag during the opening ceremonies of the
1952
Events January–February
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* February 6
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and
1956 Winter Olympics.
At the
FIBT World Championships
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympi ...
, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man:
1949) and two bronzes (Two-man:
1954, Four-man:
1937).
References
1936 bobsleigh four-man results*
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Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930List of American flag bearers during the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies
1912 births
1989 deaths
American male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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
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