Curtis Stevens (bobsledder)
Curtis Palmer Stevens (born June 1, 1898 in Lake Placid , New York , † November 15, 1979 in Saranac Lake , New York) was an American bobsledder and Olympic champion .
Stevens studied at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy . He ran the family hotel in Lake Placid and ran a gasoline and heating oil business there. Stevens was an excellent motorboat driver and won numerous races, including an international regatta in Cuba in 1929 . He took part in the 1932 Winter Olympics in his home town and won the gold medal in the two-man bobsleigh with his brother Hubert Stevens . Another brother, Paul Stevens , came second in the four-man bobsleigh.
Web links
- Curtis Stevens in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1932: H. Stevens , C. Stevens | 1936: Brown , Washbond | 1948: Endrich , Waller | 1952: Ostler , Nieberl | 1956: Dalla Costa , Conti | 1964: Nash , Dixon | 1968: Monti , De Paolis | 1972: Zimmerer , Utzschneider | 1976: Taken , Germeshausen | 1980: Schärer , Benz | 1984: Hoppe , Schauerhammer | 1988: Ķipurs , Koslow | 1992: Weder , Acklin | 1994: Weder , Acklin | 1998: Lueders , MacEachern / Huber , Tartaglia | 2002: Langen , Zimmermann | 2006: Lange , Kuske | 2010: Lange , Kuske | 2014: Hefti , Baumann | 2018: Friedrich , Margis / Kripps , Kopacz
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| SURNAME | Stevens, Curtis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stevens, Curtis Palmer (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bobsledder and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lake Placid , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1979 |
| Place of death | Saranac Lake , New York |