Richard Parke

Richard Averell ( "Dick" ) Parks ( born December 13, 1893 in Staten Iceland, New York, † August 23 1950 in St. Moritz, Switzerland ) was an American bobsledder.

Parke was a student at Cornell University. After graduating in 1916, he served in the First World War as an infantry officer on the Western Front in France. Later, he spent every year winter vacation in St. Moritz and came as the American bobsled team. Parke where he took part in the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 and won with the Fünferbob the gold medal. He settled permanently in St. Moritz down and worked, among others, as president of the local ski clubs.

1928 Winter Olympics List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Eduard Scherrer Alfred Neveu Billy Fiske Eddie Eagan Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Joseph Beerli Francis Tyler Ed Rimkus Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser Franz Kapus Vic Emery Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery (bobsleigh) Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Edy Hubacher Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musiol Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Werner Stocker (bobsleigh) Ingo Appelt Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach Martin Putze Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda
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