Paul Attwood


Paul Attwood is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998, with a time of 2 minutes, 40.06 seconds.
Attwood was a Royal Marines officer who began competing in bobsleigh whilst serving in the mid nineties.
Paul Attwood Studied for a Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Plymouth from 1988 to 1991.

1998 Olympics

Attwood was initially brought onto the Great Britain 1st team for the 4 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 from previous performances, coming away with a 4th place in the 1997 world championships, whilst winning medals along the way on the world circuit. At the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics, the British team including Attwood dead-heated with the French in order to win the 3rd place bronze and achieve the most successful bobsleigh result for Great Britain in 62 years.