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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 1989 England [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||
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Greg Cackett (born 14 November 1989) is a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2]
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