Lamin Deen

Lamin Deen (born 17 June 1981) is a British bobsleigh pilot and Grenadier Guardsman.^[1] He qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in both the 2-man (in which he raced with John Baines) and 4-man disciplines.^[3]

Lamin Deen

Deen in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 44)[1] London, England[1][2]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb; 16 st)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Bobsleigh (pilot)
Event	2 man 4man
Club	GB Team

Deen was born in London into a family which originally hailed from Sierra Leone. He moved to Manchester at the age of nine.^[2] He grew up in the city's Moss Side and Withington areas and was a pupil at Burnage High School before joining the Grenadier Guards, serving in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo.^[2] He represented the British Army in athletics, boxing and basketball before competing in bobsleigh.^[4]

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)^[3] finished in 11th place in the four-man event at a meeting held at the Igls track.^[2] Deen finished 19th in the four man event at the 2014 Winter Olympics^[5] and 23rd in the two man competition.^[6]

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^[7] and winning another race at the following meeting at the Calgary track.^[8] At the 2015 FIBT World Championships, Deen led crews to fifth place in the four-man event,^[9] 14th in the two-man event^[10] and eighth along with the rest of the British squad in the team event.^[11]