Richard Parsons (June 20, 1910 – March 12, 1999) was an American

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He competed at the

1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...

and the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

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1910 births 1999 deaths American male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics People from Salisbury, Connecticut 20th-century American people {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub