Jennison Heaton
{{short description|American bobsledder and skeleton racer}}
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|birth_date= April 16, 1904
|birth_place= New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| death_date = August 6, 1971 (aged 67)
| death_place = Burlingame, California, United States
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Jennison Heaton (April 16, 1904 – August 6, 1971) was an American bobsled and skeleton racer. He competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics and won a gold medal in the skeleton event and a silver in the five-man bobsleigh competition. In the skeleton, Heaton beat the silver medalist (his younger brother John) by one second. His other brother Trowbridge was also a bobsleigh enthusiast. Heaton later married Beulah Fiske, becoming the brother-in-law of Billy Fiske, also an Olympic bobsledder.
References
Further reading
- {{cite web |title=Heaton slides into Olympic history |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/heaton-slides-into-olympic-history |publisher=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731085902/https://olympics.com/en/news/heaton-slides-into-olympic-history |archive-date=31 July 2021 |date=31 March 2021 |url-status=live}}
External links
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- [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-5.html Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106173335/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-5.html |date=2017-01-06 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704102757/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEATOJEN01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
- [http://sports123.com/ske/mo.html Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206231409/http://sports123.com/ske/mo.html |date=2020-02-06 }}
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Category:American male bobsledders
Category:American male skeleton racers
Category:Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Category:Skeleton racers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic skeleton racers for the United States
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in skeleton
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
Category:Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from New Haven, Connecticut
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