| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's bobsleigh | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png "Gold medal – first place"){kind=icon} | 1932 Lake Placid | Four-man |
.svg.png "Silver medal – second place"){kind=icon} | 1928 St. Moritz | Five-man |
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. At 48 years old, he was the oldest Olympic champion.
O'Brien was also a jockey,[1] and was 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.
References
- ^ "The forgotten story of ... those magnificent men and their flying bobsled". Guardian. February 25, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 560.