Jay O'Brien

Bobsledder
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBobsledder
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAthlete Bobsledder
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth22 February 1883, New York City
Death5 April 1940Palm Beach (aged 57 years)
The details

Biography

Jay James O'Brien (February 22, 1883 – April 5, 1940) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in the four-man event at Lake Placid, New York in 1932 and a silver in the five-man event at St. Moritz in 1928.
O'Brien was also head of the United States Olympic Bobsled Committee at the time of the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. He died of a heart attack in 1940.

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