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| Full name | Bradley Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 Chichester, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bradley Hall (born 16 November 1990) is a British bobsledder. He competed in the two-man event and the four-man event at both the 2018 Winter Olympics[1] and the 2022 Winter Olympics. In 2023, he became a European champion in the four-man format.
Early life
Hall took up sports after getting into trouble at school. He played rugby and athletics and took up winter sports following his participation in a UK Sport talent identification scheme called Power to Podium while he was at university. He initially tried skeleton but later attended trials for the bobsleigh team.[2]
Career
In November 2017, Hall was a member of the four-man team who won a bronze medal in the 2017-18 World Cup event in Park City.[3] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hall finished 17th in the four-man event and 12th in the two-man event.[4]
After Great Britain's bobsleigh squad failed to challenge for medals in the bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics, UK Sport ended it's funding for the sport. Hall chose to launch a crowd fundraiser in February 2019 to raise £6000 for racing equipment.[5]
In the 2019-20 World Cup, Hall finished in second place with Greg Cackett in the two-man race at Igls. This was the first time that a British bobsleigh team had won a medal in the two-man format in the history of the competition.[6] His joint fourth in the two-man World Championships in Whistler in 2019 was the best British result in the competition for over 50 years.[7]
In December 2022, Hall led Great Britain to gold in the four-man event at the World Cup meeting in Lake Placid. He had recorded 13 career podium finishes in World Cups but this was his first gold.[8] In January 2023, he also won a silver medal with Taylor Lawrence in the two-man event at Altenberg.[9] The following day, Hall's British team won a gold medal in the four-man event.[10] Later that month, Hall led Great Britain to their first ever European title in the four-man event. Racing alongside Arran Gulliver, Greg Cackett and Taylor Lawrence, the quartet beat Germany by 0.09 seconds in Altenberg.[11] At the 2023 World Championships in St Moritz, he piloted the British team to a silver medal which they jointly shared with Latvia. It was Great Britain's first medal in the four-man bobsleigh in a World Championships for 84 years.[12]
In January 2025, Hall helped Great Britain win two gold medals in the four-man at the World Cup meetings in Winterberg (the first occasion since 2012 that a German team had failed to win a World Cup event at the venue)[13] and St Moritz.[14] In February, Hall won a bronze medal in both the two-man[15] and four-man events in the World Cup meeting in Lillehammer.[16] In March, he led Great Britain to a bronze medal in the World Championships at Lake Placid in the four-man event.[17]
In January 2026, Hall won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the World Cup meeting in St Moritz. The event also doubled up as the European Championships.[18]
Career results
Olympic Games
| Event | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| 12th | 17th | |
| 11th | 6th | |
World Championships
| Event | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| 17th | 11th * | |
| 28th | DNF ** | |
| 4th | 13th | |
| 16th | 7th | |
| 11th | DNF *** | |
| 5th | 2nd | |
| 4th | 6th | |
| 6th | 3rd | |
* as a brakeman
** crash at the second run
*** DNS at the third run
Bobsleigh World Cup
Two-man
| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | 34th | 119 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
19 |
24 |
— | ||||
| 2015–16 | 22nd | 268 | — |
— |
20 |
— |
— |
— |
18 |
13 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 32nd | 151 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
27 |
24 |
19 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 19th | 617 | 19 |
DNF |
13 |
24 |
19 |
14 |
18 |
14 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 19th | 592 | — |
— |
15 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
— |
— | ||||
| 2019–20 | 8th | 1050 | — |
— |
4 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
12 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 12th | 1296 | — |
— |
— |
— |
7 |
6 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
| 2021–22 | 5th | 1444 | 3 |
5 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
6 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 3rd | 1582 | 2 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
4 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 14th | 632 | − |
– |
11 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
– |
– | ||||
| 2024–25 | 2nd | 1538 | 3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
5 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 8th | 872 | 6 |
17 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
N/a |
Four-man
| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21st | 368 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
12 |
18 |
8 |
| 2017–18 | 12th | 952 | 22 |
3 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
15 |
10 |
22 |
| 2018–19 | 14th | 610 | 15 |
17 |
13 |
19 |
14 |
14 |
– |
– |
| 2019–20 | 13th | 728 | – |
– |
9 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
10 |
DNS |
| 2020–21 | 17th | 328 | DNS |
DNS |
7 |
8 |
N/a | |||
| 2021–22 | 4th | 1430 | 2 |
11 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
| 2022–23 | 2nd | 1707 | 2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| 2023–24 | 13th | 552 | – |
– |
– |
6 |
6 |
3 |
– |
– |
| 2024–25 | 3rd | 1444 | 5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 | |
| 2025–26 | 5th | 1032 | 6 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
N/a | |
References
- ^ "Brad Hall". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Coombes, Lewis (7 February 2025). "Bobsleigh Brad - the man behind the mask". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Hope, Nick (19 November 2017). "Bobsleigh World Cup: Great Britain win bronze for first podium since 2013". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ El-Shaboury, Yara (7 August 2025). "British bobsleigh's Brad Hall: 'Winning medals without sacrifice doesn't mean anything'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ Hope, Nick (15 February 2015). "Brad Hall: Bobsleigh pilot launches crowdfunding appeal to raise money to hire a sled". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "British bobsleigh duo Bradley Hall and Greg Cackett claim first World Cup silver". BBC Sport. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Brad Hall - BBSA".
- ^ "Lake Placid World Cup: Great Britain's Team Hall win first four-man bobsleigh gold". BBC Sport. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Bobsleigh World Cup: Britain's Brad Hall & Taylor Lawrence win silver in Altenberg". BBC Sport. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Bobsleigh World Cup: British four-man team win at Altenberg for second gold in three races". BBC Sport. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "GB win first European bobsleigh gold with victory in four-man event". BBC Sport. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "IBSF World Championships 2023: Great Britain win joint silver in four-man bobsleigh". BBC Sport. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ Colman, Jonty (5 January 2025). "GB win gold at Bobsleigh World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "GB four win bobsleigh World Cup gold in St Moritz". BBC Sport. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Hall leads GB to World Cup two-man bobsleigh bronze". BBC Sport. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "GB win two more Bobsleigh World Cup bronzes". BBC Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "GB clinch bobsleigh bronze at World Championships". BBC Sport. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Lochner crowns 25th 2-man Bob World Cup victory with European Championship gold". IBSF. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
External links
- Brad Hall at World Athletics
- Brad Hall at IBSF
- Brad Hall at Olympics.com
- Brad Hall at Team GB
- Brad Hall at Olympedia
- Team Bobsleigh Brad
- Brad Hall bio at the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association