Howard Siler

Howard Siler

Howard Siler (born June 18, 1945) is an American 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 Jamaican 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".

References

* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1980w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1980 Winter Olympics two-man results]
* [http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/primeinterviews/interviewdevonharris.shtml Interview with Jamacian bobsledder Devon "Pete" Harris featuring Siler] .
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/howard-siler-jr-1.html Howard Siler at Sports Reference.com]


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