Brad Hall (bobsledder)
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| Full name | Bradley Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1990 Chichester, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 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 studied at Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex, where he was taught by comedian Romesh Ranganathan for maths.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hall finished 17th in the four-man event and 12th in the two-man event.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9] In January 2023, he also won a silver medal with Taylor Lawrence in the two-man event at Altenberg.[10] The following day, Hall's British team won a gold medal in the four-man event.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]
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)[14] and St Moritz.[15] In February, Hall won a bronze medal in both the two-man[16] and four-man events in the World Cup meeting in Lillehammer.[17] In March, he led Great Britain to a bronze medal in the World Championships at Lake Placid in the four-man event.[18]
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.[19] In February, it was announced that Hall and figure skater Lilah Fear had been selected as the Team GB flag bearers for the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.[20]
Career results
Olympic Games
| Event | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain
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 2018 Pyeongchang
|
12th | 17th |
 2022 Beijing
|
11th | 6th |
World Championships
| Event | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|---|---|
| Representing Great Britain
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 2016 Innsbruck
|
17th | 11th * |
 2017 Königssee
|
28th | DNF ** |
.svg.png){kind=small} 2019 Whistler
|
4th | 13th |
| 2020 Altenberg
|
16th | 7th |
| 2021 Altenberg
|
11th | DNF *** |
.svg.png){kind=small} 2023 St. Moritz
|
5th | 2nd |
| 2024 Winterberg
|
4th | 6th |
 2025 Lake Placid
|
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 | 6th | 1056 |  6 |
17 |
12 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
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 | 4th | 1224 | 6 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
N/a |
References
- ^ "Brad Hall". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "WINTER OLYMPICS: Proud Sussex bobsleigh star Brad Hall in seventh heaven in South Korea". Sussex Express. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith, Emma (4 February 2026). "Fear and Hall named 2026 Team GB flagbearers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
External links
- Brad Hall at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
- Brad Hall at the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association
- Brad Hall at Team GB
- Brad Hall at Milano Cortina 2026
- Brad Hall at Olympics.com
- Brad Hall at Olympedia
- Brad Hall at InterSportStats
- Team Bobsleigh Brad Archived 20 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine