Taylor Lawrence

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Taylor Lawrence
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport Bobsleigh
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Lake Placid Four-man
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Altenberg Four-man
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Lillehammer Two-man
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 LillehammerFour-man

Taylor Lawrence (born 13 August 1996) [1] is a British bobsledder.

Career

He 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]

References

  1. "Taylor Lawrence". TNT Sports. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. "From chance trial to one of GB's best bobsleighers". BBC Sport. 23 Oct 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. "Royal Marine Taylor Lawrence and team take joint third at Bobsleigh World Cup in Norway". Forces News. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. "GB win first European bobsleigh gold with victory in four-man event". BBC Sport. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. "IBSF World Championships 2023: Great Britain win joint silver in four-man bobsleigh". BBC Sport. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. Harber, Tony (18 February 2025). "Batley bobsleigh man Leon Greenwood earns bronze medal in World Cup". Dewsbury Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  7. "2-MAN TEAM WIN OVERALL WORLD CUP BRONZE". thebbsa.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  8. Briant, Nathan (21 Feb 2025). "GB Olympic hopeful aims for bobsleigh medal". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  9. "HALL & LAWRENCE BAG BRONZE IN LILLEHAMMER". thebbsa.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. "GB clinch no Ali with bronze at World Championships". BBC Sport. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.