Tony Wallington (born 5 October 1948) is 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 ...
. He competed 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 ...
and the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
.
He was an army officer being appointed Special Regular Commission as 483385 2nd Lt on 25 January 1974 with seniority dating back to 5 October 1967. He served with the
Royal Tank Regiment.
[The London Gazette issue 46306 second supplement 6579 3 June 1974 Ministry of Defence retrieved 7 February 2021]
References
1948 births
Living people
British male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain
Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Northampton
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