Steven Holcomb

Steven Holcomb (April 14, 1980 – May 6, 2017) was an American bobsledder. He competed from 1998 until his death in 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.

Holcomb attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Holcomb was found dead in his room at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, on May 6, 2017. He was 37. A preliminary report from the local coroner said that Holcomb died in his sleep from a possible case of pulmonary congestion, with further tests still waiting."Coroner diagnoses pulmonary congestion in report on bobsled legend Steven Holcomb's untimely death", USA Bobsled & Skeleton, May 7, 2017.

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 Steven Holcomb at the United States Olympic Committee

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