Howard Siler
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1969 Lake Placid | Four-man | |
Howard Siler is an Amercian bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1969 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Siler also finished fifth in the two-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. He later coached the Jamacian bobsleigh team that participated at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He would be profiled as Irving "Irv" Blitzer (played by John Candy) in the 1993 American film Cool Runnings.
[edit] References
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- 1980 Winter Olympics two-man results
- Interview with Jamacian bobsledder Devon "Pete" Harris featuring Siler.
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