Gordon Wren
{{short description|American ski jumper}}
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Gordon L. Wren (January 5, 1919 – November 25, 1999) was an American ski jumper who competed in the 1940s. He finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/gordy-wren-1.html |title=Gordy Wren (full name: Gordon L. Wren) |accessdate=May 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206012927/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/gordy-wren-1.html |archivedate=February 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
Wren was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Wren died in Steamboat Springs of cancer at age 80.{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781948.html |title=Obituary |website=Infoplease.com}}
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- {{FIS ski jumper|66940|G. Wren}}
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Category:American male ski jumpers
Category:American male cross-country skiers
Category:American male Nordic combined skiers
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for the United States
Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States
Category:Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Nordic combined skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Category:Deaths from cancer in Colorado
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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