Tony_Nash_(bobsleigh)

Tony Nash (bobsledder)

Tony Nash (bobsledder)

British bobsledder (1936–2022)

Antony James Dillon Nash MBE (18 March 1936 – 17 March 2022) was a British bobsledder, born in Amersham, who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold in the two-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

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Nash also won three medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (1965) and two bronzes (1963, 1966).

Nash and his brakeman, Robin Dixon, were inducted into the British Bobsleigh Hall of Fame as a result of their success. A curve at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is named for both Nash and Dixon.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1969 New Year Honours for services to Winter Sports.[1]

Nash died on 17 March 2022, at the age of 85.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    United Kingdom list: "No. 44740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1968. p. 17.
  2. [2]
    "Tony Nash obituary". The Times. 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2022.


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