Personal information | |
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Full name | Jonathan William Woodall |
Nationality | British |
Born | Oxford, England | 25 January 1946
Died | 3 April 2009 Baschurch, Shropshire, England | (aged 63)
Sport | |
Sport | Bobsleigh Luge |
Jonathan William Woodall, aka Jonnie Woodall MBE (25 January 1946 – 3 April 2009) was a British bobsledder and luger. He competed in the luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1]
Woodall, who served in the British Army, retired from the army with the rank of Major and became race manager of the British Skeleton Association.[1]
In later life Woodall lived at Mytton, near Montford Bridge in Shropshire. He was killed by being hit by a train on a level crossing whilst out cycling in nearby Eyton Lane, Baschurch.[2]