Charlotte
Longden
Place of birthWinchester
Charlotte Longden represented Team GB at the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Switzerland and has since joined the senior set up.
Charlotte finished 12th in the showpiece event in Lausanne after she clocked the 13th fastest time in Run 1 and the 10th quickest in Run 2.
She first represented the British Bobsleigh youth team in February 2019, finishing 11th in her debut race in St Moritz - the same track at which the Youth Olympic Games were held 11 months later.
Charlotte was one of three female athletes selected to compete for an Olympic place and she secured her spot in Switzerland with a ninth and 11th-place finish in Konigssee in November 2019, having achieved exactly the same results in Lillehammer the previous month.
She earned selection as a pilot for the Europa Cup circuit for the 2022/23 sliding season and is set to make her senior international debut shortly.
A former national level swimmer, Charlotte also represented Reading Hockey Club and played netball for her county.
She competed for Team Bath in athletics and it was her involvement there that brought about her interest in bobsleigh thanks to her coach, Julie Alexander.
Charlotte is currently studying Economics and Geography at the University of Leeds.
CHARLOTTE IN HER OWN WORDS...
- Nickname: Drop
- Most likely to be spotted: here, there and everywhere
- Least likely to be found: sitting down doing nothing
- Me in three: happy, energetic, busy
- Heroes: my parents
- Random fact: there are more Subways in the UK than McDonald's'
- If I wasn’t a slider: I'd be a skier or surfer
- Favourite track St Moritz
- Favourite Food Any type of pasta
- Favourite film Top Gun
- Favourite music Drum and Bass
Meet the team
- Adam Baird
- Adelé Nicoll
- Alex Cartagena
- Ally Kay
- Amelia Coltman
- Arran Gulliver
- Ben Riekstins
- Benji Fulker
- Brad Hall
- Brogan Crowley
- Caroline Gray
- Corie Mapp
- Craig Thompson
- Dave Short
- Ed McDermott
- Freya Tarbit
- George Jenkins
- Graham Richardson
- Greg Cackett
- Holly Rust-March
- Issy Fassnidge
- Jacob Salisbury
- James Howard
- John Stanbridge
- Josh Hudson
- Kane Densley
- Laura Deas
- Laurence Bostock
- Leon Greenwood
- Luka Williams
- Marc Heywood
- Marcus Wyatt
- Mareks Mezencevs
- Mark Silva
- Martins Dukurs
- Matt Weston
- Matthias Guggenberger
- Mica Moore
- Mike Muckelt
- Naomi Tomlin
- Natalie Dunman
- Niamh Lashbrook
- Nick Gleeson
- Nikki McSweeney
- Owen Allner
- Patrick Atkin
- Risqat Fabunmi-Alade
- Sean Olsson
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence