Gilbert Colgate

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Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with teammate Richard Lawrence.

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Full name	Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr.
Born	(1899-12-21)21 December 1899 New York City, US
Died	9 October 1965(1965-10-09) (aged 65) New York City, US
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Bobsleigh Representing  United States Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Bobsleigh
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Two-man
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Colgate, a 1922 Yale University graduate, and brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter); was also one of five children of Gilbert Colgate Sr., who was the great-grandson of William Colgate, who founded what is now the Colgate-Palmolive Company. He served as a director of the Colgate company and was chairman of the Colgate-Larsen Aircraft Company. Gil Colgate was concerned about the population explosion and became one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.

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