Dan Money (born 17 October 1976 in
Glossop
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,
Derbyshire
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,
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) is a
British
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bobsled
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der who has competed since 2006. At the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in
Vancouver
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, he finished 17th in the four-man event while crashing out in the two-man event whilst in 8th place.
Money's best finish at the
FIBT World Championships
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was fifth in the four-man event at
St. Moritz in
2007
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with
Lee Johnston and
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. His best World Cup finish was 12th in the four-man event at
Whistler, British Columbia
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in 2009 also with Johnston and Condon. His highest two-man finish was 13th in
Winterberg
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also in the 2009 season.
In the 2010/2011 season his best World Cup finish was 14th in the two-man event in
St. Moritz. The previous week, Money and driver
John James Jackson
John James Jackson (born 11 April 1977) is a former British bobsleigher and Royal Marines commando.
Career
He took up bobsleighing at the age of 28 and in September 2005 he trialled at the University of Bath and won a place in the Europa Cup Te ...
won the Europa Cup two-man event at St Moritz.
Money is a former Track & Field athlete whose notable achievements include a
100m personal best of 10.16 seconds and World University Games bronze medal in the 100m at the
athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade. He also won a European Junior Gold medal at
1995 European Athletics Junior Championships
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in the same 4 × 100 m team as
Dwain Chambers
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and
Marlon Devonish
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and a Bronze medal in the 200m.
Athletics statistics
Personal bests
References
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1976 births
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
British male bobsledders
English male bobsledders
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain
Sportspeople from Sheffield
English male sprinters
British male sprinters
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
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