Greg Rutherford makes official bobsleigh debut ahead of Beijing 2022. London 2012 Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford can now call himself a bobsledder. The 34-year-old Brit has made his first run in a bobsleigh while in Igls, Austria, training for February's Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.13 Nov 2021
How tall is Greg Rutherford?
1.88 m
How old is Greg Rutherford?
35 years
Where is Greg Rutherford from?
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
What is Greg Rutherford doing in the Winter Olympics?
Rutherford, whose attempt to qualify was made into a soon-to-be-released documentary, One Last Push , will instead work on the Games as a pundit.21 Jan 2022
Is Greg Rutherford in Winter Olympics?
Greg Rutherford: Olympic long jump champion misses out on bobsleigh selection for Beijing Winter Games.20 Jan 2022
Is Greg Rutherford still competing?
Gregory James Rutherford MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. He is also Masterchef Celebrity champion for 2019.
Is bobsleigh in the Summer Olympics?
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.
Does the UK have a bobsled team?
The University of Bath has the UK's only bobsleigh and skeleton push-start track and is proud partners of the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association, based on campus. Other successful bobsleigh athletes to train here include Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson, who won the 2011 World Junior Championship.
Is Greg Rutherford still a Jehovah's Witness?
In 2019, Rutherford won the 14th season of Celebrity MasterChef. Rutherford also appeared in the BBC Two series Pilgrimage, walking Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrimage route to Rome. Rutherford revealed he was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness and was now "non-religious".
How much does Greg Rutherford earn?
His sporting heroics led him to take part in Strictly 2016 which helped the icon earn an estimated £3.7million net worth.