Nick
Gleeson
Place of birthEpsom
Nick Gleeson is a serving Paratrooper, a multiple World Cup medalist and Britain's youngest Olympic bobsledder.
Nick's inclusion in the Team GB squad for the PyeongChang Games in February 2018 came just four months after his 21st birthday as he capped a remarkable rise through the ranks with a spot in Brad Hall's crew for the sport's showpiece event in South Korea.
He was selected in both the 2-man and 4-man teams for the Beijing Olympics in February 2022, finishing 11th with Hall and then sixth alongside Hall, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett in China.
Nick won no fewer than four World Cup medals during the 2021/22 campaign, claiming 2-man silver in Sigulda in January and a hat-trick of 4-man silvers in Winterberg (twice) and Igls as he helped Hall finish fourth in the 4-man world rankings and fifth in the 2-man and combined standings.
He previously equalled the country's best 2-man result at World Championship level when he finished joint fourth with Hall in Whistler in March 2019 in what was his debut World Championship appearance.
A member of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment (3 Para), his first taste of bobsleigh came in the military thanks to former GB athlete Steve 'Smudge' Smith - although Nick initially believed he was trying out for the rugby team rather than the bobsleigh squad!
Nick made his Europa Cup debut in December 2016 and his World Cup bow in Whistler in November 2017. He was named Sports Aid's Athlete of the Month in January 2018 and the BBSA's Bobsleigh Breakthrough Athlete of the Year that July after going from World Cup rookie to fully-fledged Olympian in just four months. He placed 17th alongside Hall, Joel Fearon and Greg Cackett at his first Olympic Games.
NICK IN HIS OWN WORDS...
- Nickname: The Boy
- Most likely to be spotted: in the gym
- Least likely to be found: on a treadmill
- Me in three: what's for dinner?
- Heroes: Gordon Ramsay - an awesome man
- Random fact: I have odd thumbs
- If I wasn't a slider: back to work it is then!
- Favourite track Whistler
- Favourite Food Steak, chicken, cheesecake & all you can eat buffets
- Favourite film Austin Powers Goldmember
- Favourite music Venga Boys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom. It always livens up the big Friday sessions
Meet the team
- Adam Baird
- Adelé Nicoll
- Alex Cartagena
- Amelia Coltman
- Arran Gulliver
- Ashlyn Bland
- Austin Milward
- Benji Fulker
- Brad Hall
- Callum Dixon
- Corie Mapp
- Craig Thompson
- Dave Short
- Ed McDermott
- Freya Tarbit
- Graham Richardson
- Greg Cackett
- Holly Rust-March
- Issy Fassnidge
- Jacob Salisbury
- James Howard
- Jens Hullah
- John Stanbridge
- Josh Hudson
- Kane Densley
- Laura Deas
- Laurence Bostock
- Leon Greenwood
- Luka Williams
- Marc Heywood
- Marcus Wyatt
- Martins Dukurs
- Matt Weston
- Matthias Guggenberger
- Mike Muckelt
- Naomi Tomlin
- Natalie Dunman
- Risqat Fabunmi-Alade
- Sean Olsson
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence