Leon Greenwood
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
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Leon Greenwood (born 13 June 1997) is a British bobsledder. He was a bronze medalist in the four-man bobsleigh in the 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup and at the 2025 European Championships.
Career
[edit]Athletics
[edit]From Batley, he was a member of Spenborough Harriers in Yorkshire.[2] He competed in athletics as a sprinter. He became Welsh 200 metres champion and a finalist at the British indoor athletics championships, before suffering an angle injury that required surgery and a two-year rehabilitation period.[3][4] He later worked as a sprint coach at The Newbury Athletics Club in Berkshire.[5]
Bobsleigh
[edit]After a society talent ID day at Bath University, Greenwood joined the British Bobsleigh programme in 2022.[4][2] He was a member of the Great Britain squad that won silver at the IBSF World Championships 2023 in Saint Moritz.[6]
He was a member of the Great Britain four-man bobsleigh team that won a bronze medal in the 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup, alongside Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence and Arran Gulliver.[7] The four also won bronze at the IBSF European Championships 2025 in Lillehammer.[4][8]
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Nicole Cockburn, a former Scottish lacrosse player, and has a daughter born in 2024.[9][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leon Greenwood". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Westby, Nick (6 January 2024). "Meet Leon Greenwood, the Batley sprinter who became a bobsledder". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ McEwan, Wade (21 February 2021). "The Comeback: Sprinter Leon Greenwood's Journey to Bobsleigh Glory". Sports Boom. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Harber, Tony (13 February 2025). "Olympic dream is alive for Batley bobsleigh star Leon Greenwood after World Cup success". Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Haines, Oliver (24 December 2024). "Leon Greenwood on Bobsleigh World Cup podium hopes, belief, training and caffeine". Newbury Today. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Stelling, Robbie (14 December 2023). "Bobsleigh star Greenwood is fighting fit as he makes impressive progressive over frantic and freezing festive period". Newbury Today. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Harber, Tony (18 February 2025). "Batley bobsleigh man Leon Greenwood earns bronze medal in World Cup". Dewsbury Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Briant, Nathan (21 February 2025). "GB Olympic hopeful aims for bobsleigh medal". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Haines, Oliver (31 January 2025). "Newbury's Leon Greenwood reveals his journey to Bobsleigh World Cup gold". Newbury Today. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
