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This is a Winter Olympics question. Which English citizen won 2 Gold Medals for the USA?

  • Which English citizen, probably unknown to the Winter Olympics organizers, won 2 team Gold Medals for the USA in 2 different Winter Olympics games (one Gold Medal per Winter Olympics when he competed)? Either his real name or any of his other aliases are acceptable. Also, please name the years and the events (as they were technically two events, but very similar events). Unsure, but probably more than one English citizen was on the first Gold Medal winning team for the USA, but only one English citizen repeated at the next Winter Olympics competition to win another team Gold Medal for the USA.

  • Answer:

    William Meade Lindsley "Billy" Fiske III 1. Gold - 1928 St. Moritz - Men's Bobleigh Five-man 2. Gold - 1932 Lake Placid - Men's Bobsleigh Four-man At the age of 16, Billy Fiske became the youngest American to win an Olympic gold medal while participating in the 1928 Winter Olympic Games. He was the driver of the U.S. Bobsled team, which was the first team to win a gold medal for the U.S. in that event. He repeated this success in the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. In 1939 he decided to attempt to join Britain's Royal Air Force to help combat the Nazi advance across Europe. As the U.S. had not yet entered the war, Americans wishing to fight had to join the militaries of engaged countries. The RAF would only accept applications from British citizens, but Fiske was able to gain entry by filing false information claiming Canadian citizenship, and by working personal connections within the organization.

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