Gilbert Colgate

Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with teammate Richard Lawrence.

Gilbert Colgate

Personal information
Full name	Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr.
Nationality	American
Born	(1899-12-21)21 December 1899 New York City, USA
Died	9 October 1965(1965-10-09) (aged 65) New York City, USA
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Bobsleigh Representing  United States Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man

Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company. He served as a director of the Colgate company and was chairman of the Colgate-Larsen Aircraft Company. Gil Colgate was concerned about the population explosion and became one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.

References

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• Biographical Dictionary of American Business article on Colgate's father - Accessed August 11, 2007.
• Ivy League sports featuring Colgate
• "Sport: Bobbers". Time. March 5, 1934.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gil Colgate, Jr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013.

External links

• Gilbert Colgate at Olympedia