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Lenox "Lenny" Paul is a British bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994. He also served in the British armed forces. He then mentored young people in Ipswich, Suffolk, England at Copleston High School.
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John Alun Adolphus Herbert in Meadows, Nottingham is a graduate of Central Art and Design. A retired English sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a triple jumper and a bobsledder. Competing in athletics, he won the gold medal for England in the Triple Jump at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. During his career in athletics Herbert also competed in the sport of bobsleigh. He competed in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1994 Winter Olympics, having previously competed as a triple jumper at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics when he finished 10th and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics.
Nick Phipps is a British bobsledder who competed from 1980 to 1992. He finished third in the Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's event in 1985-86.
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- 1992 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1992 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1994 bobsleigh four-man results
- British Olympic Association profile
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