Tuffy Latour

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameTuffield Albert "Tuffy"•Latour
Used nameTuffy•Latour
Born18 November 1909 in Saranac Lake, New York (USA)
Died3 July 1965 (aged 55 years 7 months 15 days) in Franklin Falls, New York (USA)
AffiliationsSaranac Lake Bobsled Club
NOC United States

Biography

Tuffy Latour had a long bobsled career, winning multiple US and North American titles. He represented the Saranac Lake Bobsled Club throughout his career. Latour was US Champion in the 2-man in 1940-41, 1947, and 1959, always as a driver, with various brakemen. He also won the North American 2-man Championships in 1940-41, 1946, and 1958. Latour’s grandson, also Tuffy Latour, became a member of the US bobsled team in the late 1990s, recruited from the US Army World Class Athlete Program. He never competed in the Olympics, but later became a coach for US Bobsledding.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) USA Tuffy Latour
Two, Men (Olympic) Leo Martin 9