William Francis Dupree (June 7, 1909 – February 25, 1955), from

Saranac Lake, New York Saranac Lake is a village in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,406, making it the largest community by population in the Adirondack Park. The village is named after Upper, Middle and Lower Saranac ...

, 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 Fede ...

der who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

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 ...

. Dupree also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1937 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
American male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh Sportspeople from Saratoga Springs, New York 1909 births 1955 deaths Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics People from Saranac Lake, New York {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub