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Randy Jones (bobsleigh)

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Jones' track coach at Duke convinced him after graduating to try out for the U.S. Bobsled team. Combined with a desire to see the world, Jones accepted the invitation to join the team. He won the National Brakeman and Side Push Championship twice in both 1992 and 1995, along with the World Cup and
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degree. Graduating from Duke in 1991, he still holds five team football records for Duke in kick returns and was also a record-setting track athlete.
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star. Jones was a big part in helping lead the school to a boys track state championship in 1986. Jones graduated from Glenn High School in 1987.
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After winning four World Cup medals, 2002 saw Jones have the best year of his career in bobsledding. At the
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won a medal in men's bobsledding. Jones also won three medals in the four-man event at the
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In 2005-06, Jones' best finish in the World Cup was second at the 4-man event held in
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and is widely considered as the most decorated bobsledder in U.S. history.
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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
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Jones is married to his wife, Cheri Alou, and currently resides in
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Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
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Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
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Index

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
bobsleigh
United States
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City
Four-man
World Championships
2003 Lake Placid
1993 Igls
1997 St. Moritz
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
bobsledder
Winter Olympics
Robert B. Glenn High School
Kernersville, North Carolina
track
football
Duke University
football
track
Mechanical Engineering
1994
Lillehammer
1998 Winter Olympics
Nagano
Brian Shimer
Chip Minton
Garrett Hines
bronze medal
2002 Winter Olympics

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