Tuffield A. Latour
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Tuffield A. Latour was an American
bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He finished ninth in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics
in St. Moritz
.
Latour's grandson, also named Tuffield "Tuffy" (born 1968), later became a bobsledder for the US in the 1990s and coach, leading the American women as coach to gold in the two-woman event at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City.
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bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He finished ninth in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
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Latour's grandson, also named Tuffield "Tuffy" (born 1968), later became a bobsledder for the US in the 1990s and coach, leading the American women as coach to gold in the two-woman event at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City.