One man won Olympic gold in boxing, then won gold again twelve years later — in bobsleigh.
Eddie Eagan won the light-heavyweight boxing title at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. Twelve years later, at Lake Placid in 1932, he was part of the USA's winning four-man bobsleigh team. He remains the only athlete ever to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in two different sports.
Boxing and bobsleigh share almost no skill at all — and the second gold came in a sport he had barely touched.
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Source: Wikipedia, Eddie Eagan. Wikipedia and World Athletics both record: boxing gold, Antwerp 1920; four-man bobsleigh gold, Lake Placid 1932; the only athlete to win gold in both Games in different events. (One other man, Gillis Grafström, won gold in both seasons — but in the same sport, figure skating.)
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One man won olympic gold in boxing, then won gold again twelve years later — in bobsleigh?
Eddie Eagan won the light-heavyweight boxing title at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. Twelve years later, at Lake Placid in 1932, he was part of the USA's winning four-man bobsleigh team. He remains the only athlete ever to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in two different sports. Boxing and bobsleigh share almost no skill at all — and the second gold came in a sport he had barely touched. Source: Wikipedia, Eddie Eagan. Wikipedia and World Athletics both record: boxing gold, Antwerp 1920; four-man bobsleigh gold, Lake Placid 1932; the only athlete to win gold in both Games in different events. (One other man, Gillis Grafström, won gold in both seasons — but in the same sport, figure skating.)