Taylor Lawrence (born 13 August 1996)[1] is a British bobsledder.
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe was an amateur footballer, cricketer and rugby player alongside his career as a lance corporal in the Royal Marines. He first tried bobsled in 2019. After progressing to the British team, he was a member of the four-man crew which finished sixth in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[2][3]
He was a gold medalist with the British four-man team at the IBSF European Championships 2023 in Germany.[4] He was a silver medalist in the Four-man bobsled at the IBSF World Championships 2023 in St Moritz, Switzerland. For the Great Britain team, it was a first four-man World Championships medal in 84 years.[5]
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, Leon Greenwood and Arran Gulliver.[6] He also participated in six of the eight races in the two-man World Cup, in which the British team won bronze.[7]
He won bronze medals in both the two-man, alongside Hall, and four-man at the IBSF European Championships 2025 in Lillehammer, Norway.[8][9]
He was a bronze medalist in the four man at the IBSF World Championships 2025 in Lake Placid, United States.[10]
Lawrence competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in the two-man and four-man competitions, finishing 12th and 7th respectively.[11][12] Lawrence sustained a minor injury during the two-man event that saw him replaced by Leon Greenwood for heats three and four, with Lawrence focussing on regaining his fitness for the four-man event.[13]
References
edit- ↑ "Taylor Lawrence". TNT Sports. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "From chance trial to one of GB's best bobsleighers". BBC Sport. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "Royal Marine Taylor Lawrence and team take joint third at Bobsleigh World Cup in Norway". Forces News. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB win first European bobsleigh gold with victory in four-man event". BBC Sport. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "IBSF World Championships 2023: Great Britain win joint silver in four-man bobsleigh". BBC Sport. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ Harber, Tony (18 February 2025). "Batley bobsleigh man Leon Greenwood earns bronze medal in World Cup". Dewsbury Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "2-MAN TEAM WIN OVERALL WORLD CUP BRONZE". thebbsa.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ Briant, Nathan (21 February 2025). "GB Olympic hopeful aims for bobsleigh medal". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "HALL & LAWRENCE BAG BRONZE IN LILLEHAMMER". thebbsa.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "GB clinch no Ali with bronze at World Championships". BBC Sport. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ↑ "Bobsleigh 2-man". Olympics. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Bobsleigh 4-man". Olympics. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Team GB at the 2026 Winter Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
External links
edit- Taylor Lawrence at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
- Taylor Lawrence at the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association
- Taylor Lawrence at Team GB
- Taylor Lawrence at Milano Cortina 2026
- Taylor Lawrence at Olympics.com
- Taylor Lawrence at Olympedia
- Taylor Lawrence at InterSportStats
- Taylor Lawrence on Instagram
