Leon Greenwood
British bobsledder (born 1997)
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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.
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Athletics
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 ankle 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]
Prior to bobsleigh, Leon was a police officer.[6]
Bobsleigh
After a society talent ID day at the University of Bath, 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.[7]
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.[8] The four also won bronze at the IBSF European Championships 2025 in Lillehammer.[4][9]
Greenwood competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in the two-man and four-man competitions, finishing 12th and 7th respectively.[10][11] He was initially only competing in the four-man event, but stepped in for the third and fourth heats of the two-man after team-mate Taylor Lawrence sustained an injury.[6]
