Jimmy Shea
Olympic athlete
1968 –
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Who is Jimmy Shea?
James Edmound Shea, Jr. is a retired American skeleton racer who won the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Shea also was chosen by fellow athletes to recite the Athlete's Oath during the Opening Ceremonies. Along with his father, Jim Shea Sr., he passed the Olympic Torch to Cammie Granato and Picabo Street who then passed it to the 1980 U.S. Men's Hockey Team, who then ignited the Olympic Cauldron. Shortly before the Olympics he was a guest of Laura Bush in the First Lady's Box at the 2002 State of the Union Address.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1968
West Hartford - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- West Hartford
- Park City
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on July 23, 2013
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