Frederick "Fred" Joseph Fortune, Jr. (January 4, 1921 – April 20, 1994) is an American

United States

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 bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at St. Moritz

St. Moritz

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 in 1948

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

. Four years later he finished seventh in the two-man event

Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Two-man

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 at the 1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

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Fortune also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships

FIBT World Championships

The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947...

 with two medals in two-man (1949

FIBT World Championships 1949

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, 1950

FIBT World Championships 1950

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) and one medal in four-man (1965

FIBT World Championships 1965

The FIBT World Championships 1965 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record tenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, and 1959....

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In addition to bobsledding, Fred Fortune was a fine skier and he served during World War II in the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops, during which time he earned a Bronze Star After the war, he returned to Lake Placid where he won the 1947 North American 2-man title with his Olympic partner, Sky Carron. Fortune’s occupation was as a contractor. He founded and built two towns – North Pole, New York and North Pole, Colorado (on Pikes Peak) – both Santa Claus Children's Villages.