Stanley Benham

Stanley Delong Benham (December 21, 1913 – April 22, 1970) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he barely lost the gold medals in both the two-man and four-man events.

Stanley Benham

Medal record
Bobsleigh
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1952 Oslo	Two-man
	1952 Oslo	Four-man
World Championships
	1949 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Two-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Four-man
	1961 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man

Benham also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man: 1949, 1950), four silvers (Two-man: 1950, 1951; Four-man: 1951, 1961), and one bronze (Two-man: 1954).

After retiring from bobsleigh, Benham served as a sports official with the FIBT (International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation).

External links

• Stanley Delong Benham at Olympics.com
• Stan Benham at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)