James Coats
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James Coats MC (April 12, 1894-?) was a British skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He served as President of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club from 1954 to 1956.
Coats served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army at the time of the 1948 Winter Olympics.
[edit] References
- 1948 men's skeleton results
- BBC.co.uk factoid featuring Coats prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- Gibbs, Roger (1985). The Cresta Run 1885-1985. London: Henry Melland Limited. ISBN 0 907929 10 9
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Skeleton (Cresta Run)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 577.
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