Robert Hargan Storey (born December 3, 1942)[1] is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s who later became a businessman and chairman of two communication companies in Canada.
He first became known when was part of the Canadian four-man team who crashed on the bobsleigh track at Lake Placid, New York, in the United States in February 1966 that took the life of Italian-born, Canadian-emigrated Sergio Zardini and severely injured fellow bobsledder Michael Young.
[4][5][6][7] He became a coach for the Canadian bobsleigh team for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, earning their best finish of 17th in the four-man event.
[14][15] Storey served on the Coordination Commission for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, a commission chaired by International Ski Federation (FIS) President Gian Franco Kasper and includes International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta and fellow Canadian Beckie Scott, the first North American woman to medal in cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics.
[16] After retiring from competitive bobsleigh in the early 1970s, Storey became involved in the communication and broadcasting business in Canada.