Tony Nash (bobsledder)

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Antony James Dillon NashMBE (18 March 1936 – 17 March 2022) was a British bobsledder, born in Amersham, who competed in the 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold in the two-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Biography

Nash was born in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire on 18 March 1936.[1]

He also won three medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (1965) and two bronzes (1963, 1966).

Nash and his brakeman, Robin Dixon, were inducted into the British Bobsleigh Hall of Fame as a result of their success. A curve at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun is named for both Nash and Dixon.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1969 New Year Honours for services to Winter Sports.[2]

Nash died from heart failure in his sleep, at his home in Butterleigh, Devon, on 17 March 2022, aged 85.[3][1]

References

  1. 12"Nash, Anthony James Dillon [Tony]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  2. ↑United Kingdom list: "No. 44740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 December 1968. p. 17.
  3. ↑"Tony Nash obituary". The Times. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

Sources

  • Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
  • British Bobsleigh Hall of Fame featuring Nash
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559.