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Alan Washbond

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Alan Washbond
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man

Alan M. Washbond (October 14, 1899 – July 30, 1965) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. A native of Keene Valley, New York, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

A street in Keene Valley, Alan Washbond Drive, is named in his honor. His son, Waightman, competed for the US in bobsleigh at the 1948 and 1956 Winter Olympics.

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