Jay O'Brien (bobsleigh)

{{Short description|American bobsledder (1883–1940)}}

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|image = Jay O'Brien in 1924.jpg

|caption = O'Brien in 1924

|birth_date = {{birth date text|1883}}

|death_date = {{death-date and age|1940|1883}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's bobsleigh}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1932 Lake Placid|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1928 St. Moritz|Five-man}}

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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,{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/feb/25/forgotten-story-magnificent-men-flying-machine | title = The forgotten story of ... those magnificent men and their flying bobsled | date = February 25, 2010 | work = Guardian | access-date = September 8, 2018 }} 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.