Paul Attwood (born 13 December 1969) is a

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bobsled 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 Fede ...

der who competed during the 1990s. Competing in two

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(1998 and 2002), he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in

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, with a time of 2 minutes, 40.06 seconds. Attwood was a

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officer who began competing in bobsleigh whilst serving in the mid nineties. Paul Attwood Studied for a Degree in Civil Engineering at the

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from 1988 to 1991.

1998 Olympics

Attwood was initially called into the Great Britain 1st team for the four-man bobsleigh when their top pilot, Mark Tout tested positive for anabolic steroids, and was expelled from the team. In turn, Attwood was brought in behind Sean Olsson. The new team went on to steadily improve on previous performances, coming away with a fourth place in the 1997 World Championships, whilst winning medals along the way on the world circuit. At the

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in Nagano, the British team including Attwood dead-heated with the French in order to win the bronze medal and achieve the most successful four-man result for Great Britain in 62 years.

References

External links

BBC profile on Attwood

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