Jeff Gadley

{{short description|American bobsledder (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jeff Gadley | full_name = | image = | caption = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight = 175 | sport = Bobsleigh | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, United States | death_date = | death_place = }}

'''Jeff Gadley''' (born June 14, 1955) is an American bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jeff-gadley-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093907/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/jeff-gadley-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Jeff Gadley Olympic Results |accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> He and Willie Davenport, teammates on a four-man bobsled at the 1980 Winter Olympics, are the first African Americans to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Jeff Gadley, Willie Davenport changed bobsled as Winter Olympic pioneers |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/jeff-gadley-willie-davenport-bobsled |website=NBC Sports |access-date=4 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260204141834/https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/jeff-gadley-willie-davenport-bobsled |archive-date=4 February 2026 |language=en-US |date=9 July 2020}}</ref>

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