Nion Robert Tucker, Sr. (August 21, 1885 – April 22, 1950) was an American
bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s. He won a gold medal in the five-man event at the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
. He was born in
Sacramento, California and died in
San Francisco, California.
References
Birth & death information from Ancestry.com
1885 births
1950 deaths
Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
American male bobsledders
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics
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