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{{Short description|American businessman and bobsledder}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Gilbert Colgate
| full_name      = Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr.
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| nationality    = American
| sport          = [[Bobsleigh]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1899|12|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[New York City]], [[USA]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1965|10|9|1899|12|21|df=yes}}
| death_place    = [[New York City]], [[USA]]
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|[[Bobsleigh]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1936 Winter Olympics|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]|[[Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Two-man|Two-man]]}}
}}

'''Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr.''' (December 21, 1899 &ndash; October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and [[bobsled]]der 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 (bobsleigh)|Richard Lawrence]].

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]].

==References==
*[http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810054549/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html |date=August 10, 2011 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070805063004/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COLGAGIL01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=qzxy3pejsdoC&dq=gilbert+colgate&pg=PA181 Biographical Dictionary of American Business article on Colgate's father] - Accessed August 11, 2007.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202613/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/oly-yale.asp Ivy League sports featuring Colgate]
*[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,747126,00.html "Sport: Bobbers"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. March 5, 1934.
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gil-colgate-jr-1.html |title=Gil Colgate, Jr. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924181410/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/gil-colgate-jr-1.html |archive-date=September 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

== External links ==
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1965 deaths]]
[[Category:American male bobsledders]]
[[Category:Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in bobsleigh]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from New York City]]
[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Colgate family]]


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