Lamin Deen

Lamin Deen (born 17 June 1981) is a British bobsleigh pilot and Grenadier Guardsman.

[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.

[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.