Sport skeleton, bobsleigh Name Jennison Heaton | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born April 16, 1904 New Haven, Connecticut, United States Died August 6, 1971, Burlingame, California, United States Olympic medals Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics - Men's Skeleton | ||
Jennison Heaton (April 16, 1904 – August 6, 1971) was an American bobsled and skeleton racer. He competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics and won a gold medal in the skeleton event and a silver in the five-man bobsleigh competition. In the skeleton, Heaton beat the silver medalist (his younger brother John) by one second. His other brother Trowbridge was also a bobsleigh enthusiast. Heaton later married Beulah Fiske, becoming the brother-in-law of Billy Fiske, also an Olympic bobsledder.
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