Episode 39 - Lamin Deen Winter Olympian

Lamin Deen is a British bobsleigh pilot and Grenadier Guardsman, serving in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo.

He represented the British Army in athletics, boxing and basketball before competing in bobsleigh.

He qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in both the 2-man (in which he raced with John Baines) and 4-man disciplines.

Deen scored a new personal best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup in January 2014 when he (along with Stuart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon)finished in 11th place in the four-man event at a meeting held at the Igls track.

Deen finished 19th in the four man event at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 23rd in the two man competition.

Deen enjoyed a strong start to the 2014-15 season, scoring a third and a first place in the opening two four man races of the Americas Cup at the Park City track and winning another race at the following meeting at the Calgary track.