Major Ralph Leslie Stamford Raffles (15 May 1920 – January 2008) was a British businessman, philanthropist, soldier and sportsman. As a

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsle ...

he competed in the four-man event at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

. He was High Sheriff of Greater Manchester in 1979-1980.

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1920 births 2008 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Prestwich {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub