Gerald Presley

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Gerald Presley (born 1942 in Arnprior, Ontario) was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1965 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

Presley was inducted into Canada's Sports Fall of Fame in 1965 and into the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

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