Tom Jacobs

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameThomas Michael "Tom"•Jacobs
Used nameTom•Jacobs
Born14 August 1926 in Montréal, Québec (CAN)
Died10 April 2014 in Glens Falls, New York (USA)
Measurements183 cm
NOC United States

Biography

Tom Jacobs skied for Middlebury College, but his efforts in building the ski industry after college made him a ski icon. After college he was a ski coach at the University of Colorado and was the Executive Director of the National Ski Association in 1956-57. He founded Inside Edge Ski & Bike Shop in Glen Falls, New York in the early 1950s. In 1965 he and his wife founded Reliable Racing, a mail-order ski and bicycle racing company. They also started Inside Edge Ski & Bike Shop in Glen Falls, New York. Jacobs was inducted into the US Ski Hall of Fame in 2007.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) USA Tom Jacobs
18 kilometres, Men (Olympic) 66
Nordic Combined (Skiing) USA Tom Jacobs
Individual, Men (Olympic) 21