James Bickford (bobsleigh)

James Bickford

Personal information
Full name	James John Bickford Jr.
Nationality	American
Born	(1912-11-02)2 November 1912 Lake Placid, New York, USA
Died	3 October 1989(1989-10-03) (aged 76) Rainbow Lake, New York, USA
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Bobsleigh Representing  United States Olympic Games 1948 St. Moritz Four-man World Championships 1949 Lake Placid Four-man 1937 St. Moritz Four-man 1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man

James John Bickford (November 2, 1912 – October 3, 1989) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.

Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.

At the FIBT World Championships, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man: 1949) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1954, Four-man: 1937).

• 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• List of American flag bearers during the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies.

James Bickford at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ralph Craig	Flagbearer for  United States Oslo 1952	Succeeded by Norman Armitage
Olympic Games
Preceded by Norman Armitage	Flagbearer for  United States Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	Succeeded by Norman Armitage

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