Leon Greenwood


Leon Greenwood is a British bobsledder. He was a bronze medalist in the four-man bobsleigh in the 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup and at the 2025 European Championships.

Career

Athletics

From Batley, he was a member of Spenborough Harriers in Yorkshire. He competed in athletics as a sprinter. He became Welsh 200 metres champion and a finalist at the British indoor athletics championships, before suffering an angle injury that required surgery and a two-year rehabilitation period. He later worked as a sprint coach at The Newbury Athletics Club in Berkshire.
Prior to bobsleigh, Leon was a police officer for Thames Valley police.

Bobsleigh

After a society talent ID day at the University of Bath, Greenwood joined the British Bobsleigh programme in 2022. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that won silver at the IBSF World Championships 2023 in Saint Moritz.
He was a member of the Great Britain four-man bobsleigh team that won a bronze medal in the 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup, alongside Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence and Arran Gulliver. The four also won bronze at the IBSF European Championships 2025 in Lillehammer.

Personal life

He is in a relationship with Nicole Cockburn, a primary school teacher, and has a daughter born in 2024.