Jonathan William Woodall, aka Jonnie Woodall

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(25 January 1946 – 3 April 2009) was a British

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

and

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r. He competed in the luge at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

and the bobsleigh at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

. Woodall, who served in the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

, retired from the army with the rank of Major and became race manager of the British Skeleton Association. In later life Woodall lived at Mytton, near

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in Shropshire. He was killed by being hit by a train on a level crossing whilst out cycling in nearby Eyton Lane,

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* 1946 births 2009 deaths British male bobsledders British male lugers Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Olympic lugers for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Oxford Railway accident deaths in England Cycling road incident deaths Road incident deaths in England {{UK-luge-bio-stub