James Bickford

Medal record
Bobsleigh
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze 1948 St. Moritz Four-man
World Championships
Silver 1949 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze 1937 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze 1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man

James John Bickford (November 2, 1912 - October 3, 1989) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid 1950s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948.

Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.

At the FIBT World Championships, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man: 1949) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1954, Four-man: 1937).

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