Jack Shea
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Full name | John Amos Shea | |||||||||
nation | United States | |||||||||
birthday | September 7, 1910 | |||||||||
place of birth | Lake Placid, New York | |||||||||
date of death | January 22, 2002 | |||||||||
Place of death | Lake Placid, New York | |||||||||
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discipline | Speed skating | |||||||||
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John Amos "Jack" Shea (born September 7, 1910 in Lake Placid , † January 22, 2002 ibid) was an American speed skater .
He won at the 1932 Olympic Games in Lake Placid gold in the 500 and 1500 meters. At these games he also took the Olympic oath on behalf of all athletes . At the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he did not attend a rabbi as a Jew because of a counsel.
Jack Shea was on the committee that brought the 1980 Olympics to his hometown of Lake Placid for the second time since 1932.
On January 22, 2002, two and a half weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics , Shea died at the age of 91 as a result of a car accident that he had suffered the day before. Shortly before the turn of the year, he had been a torch-bearer for those Winter Games at Lake Placid Stadium .
His son Jim Shea, Sr. also participated in the Olympic Games. He started cross-country skiing in 1964. His grandson Jim Shea , Jr. became the Olympic Skeleton Champion at the 2002 Winter Olympics . According to the BBC, this makes the Shea family the first three generations to take part in the Olympic Games in three different sports.
Web links
- John Shea in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics at speed skating news
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SURNAME | Shea, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shea, John Amos; Shea, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American speed skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lake Placid |
DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 2002 |
Place of death | Lake Placid |