John Emery

John Emery (4 January 1932 – 21 February 2022) was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Early life John Emery was born on 4 January 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and had a brother, Victor. Emery's father was a general in the Royal Canadian Navy, which caused his family to move frequently around locations in Canada, though they would spend time each summer in Thunder Bay, Ontario. After his death, his wife recalled that Emery developed a profound love for nature during these "On Golden Pond type" summers, which led to his love for the mountains.

They did enter the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, the first time Canada contested bobsleigh. Unsponsored and with no national team, they paid for everything themselves. These opinions prevailed as the nation had no training program or even a bobsled course,

The Emery brothers and different teammates then won the four-man bob event at the World Championships in 1965, after which John Emery stopped competing in bobsleigh. He was diagnosed with melanoma in his early 80s, and died from it on 21 February 2022, at the age of 90. He spoke five languages, and was accomplished in a variety of sports as well as bobsleigh.