Michael Young (bobsleigh), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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former bobsledder, FIBT gold medal winner
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Place of Birth: Port Credit, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About Michael Young (bobsleigh)
- Michael Young (born August 15, 1944) is a Canadian former bobsledder who competed in the 1960s.
- He won two medals at the 1965 FIBT World Championships in St.
- Moritz with a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event. The following year, he was severely injured during a four-man competition at the bobsleigh track in Lake Placid, New York when his sled hit the superstructure of the track at Turns 13 and 14, known as the "Zig-Zag Curves", damaging his face.
- Young was rushed to the hospital in Lake Placid, then flown to a hospital in Montreal to undergo extensive plastic surgery.
- This crash killed his compatriot Sergio Zardini and also featured future FIBT president Robert H.
- Storey. Young got involved with bobsleigh, after being introduced to the sport by his cousin Vic Emery while studying at the University of Western Ontario.
- Young and the rest of the four-man crew would be honored in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
- Young also finished 17th in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Born in Port Credit, Ontario, Young emigrated to the United States in 1975, settling in Denver, Colorado.
- Young then moved to Dallas, Texas where he is a business consultant. Youn was inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1965.
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