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Tuffield Latour

Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour is an American bobsled and skeleton coach and retired bobsledder. His best achievement as a competitor was ninth place in the four-man event at the 1995 World Championships. He later coached the U.S. women's bobsled team, U.S. men's bobsled team, Canadian bobsled team and U.S. skeleton team (2010–present). His efforts resulted in six Olympic and at least six world championships medals, including the first-ever women's bobsled Olympic gold for the United States.

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Tuffield Latour
Tuffy Latour in 2013
Personal information
Born1968 (age 57–58)
EducationAshford University, Liberty University
Sport
SportBobsled, skeleton
ClubU.S. Army

Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour (born c. 1968) is an American bobsled and skeleton coach and retired bobsledder. His best achievement as a competitor was ninth place in the four-man event at the 1995 World Championships. He later coached the U.S. women's bobsled team (ca. 2000–2002), U.S. men's bobsled team (ca. 2003–2004), Canadian bobsled team (ca. 2009–2010) and U.S. skeleton team (2010–present). His efforts resulted in six Olympic (2002, 2010 and 2014) and at least six world championships medals, including the first-ever women's bobsled Olympic gold for the United States.123

Latour is a Sergeant first class serving with the Vermont National Guard. He holds a bachelor's degree in organizational management from Ashford University and an MSc degree in sport management from Liberty University. He is married to Kathy and has two children.2 His grandfather, Tuffield A. Latour, was an Olympic bobsledder.4

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  1. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour. defense.gov
  2. Tuffy Latour. Skeleton Head Coach. teamusa.org
  3. Tim Hipps (February 16, 2014) Army coach leads Team USA to more Olympic medals. Army.mil
  4. Tuffy Latour. sports-reference.com