Ralph Broome
Ralph Broome (born July 5, 1889 , Dalhousie , Himachal Pradesh , India , † January 25, 1985 in Poole , England ) was a British bobsledder .
Broome was born at the foot of the Himalayas to a British military officer. During the First World War he served in the Tank Corps of the British Army and was promoted to major .
Together with Thomas Arnold , Alexander Richardson and Rodney Soher , Broome won the silver medal in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1st Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924 . This made him the first ever Asian- born medalist at Winter Games.
Web links
- Ralph Broome in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Broome, Ralph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British bobsledder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dalhousie , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1985 |
| Place of death | Poole , England |