Tuffield A. Latour
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Tuffield A. Latour was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He finished ninth in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
Latour's grandson, also named Tuffield "Tuffy" (born 1968), later became a bobsledder for the US in the 1990s and coach, leading the American women as coach to gold in the two-woman event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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- 1948 bobsleigh two-man results
- New York Times February 14, 1947 article on Latour's qualification for the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
- U.S. Army profile of Tuffy Latour tht his mentioned his grandfather prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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