Thomas A. Hicks (June 1, 1918 – July 14, 1992) was an American
bobsled
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 Bobs ...
der who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...
in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...
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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
1918 births
1992 deaths
American male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
20th-century American sportsmen
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