Adam
Baird
Adam (Adz) Baird joined the GB Bobsleigh set up as a pilot ahead of the 2019/20 sliding season.
He made his GB debut in Winterberg on the Europa Cup circuit in December 2019, when he finished 24th alongside Lawrence Taylor.
A serving member of the Royal Marines for 12 years, he began his bobsleigh career competing for the Marines and the Royal Navy in 2017.
Adz comes from an active sporting background, having competed at national level in powerlifting - for which he has a 247.5kg deadlift personal best in the 82.5kg category - as well as rugby union and rugby 7’s for the Royal Marines and rugby league for the Royal Marines and Royal Navy teams.
His time in the military has seen multiple deployments around the globe, including a tour of Afghanistan in 2010.
ADAM IN HIS OWN WORDS...
- Nickname: Adz
- Most likely to be spotted: in the gym
- Least likely to be found: at work
- Me in three: Yorkshire, pizza, coffee
- Heroes: Sonny Bill Williams
- Random fact: I own Ken Barlow's (William Roach) old Land Rover Defender
- If I wasn’t a slider: I'd be drinking a cuppa in Yorkshire
- Career highlight: getting selected for GB Bobsleigh
- Favourite track Konigssee
- Favourite Food Pizza & Nando's
- Favourite film KES
- Favourite music Rock
Meet the team
- Adam Hames
- Alan Toward
- Alex Cortes-Tankard
- Amelia Coltman
- Ashleigh Pittaway
- Axel Brown
- Ben Simons
- Benjamin Fulker
- Brad Hall
- Brogan Crowley
- Bruce Tasker
- Charles Wlodarczak
- Charlotte Longden
- Corie Mapp
- Craig Thompson
- Dan Read
- Danny Holdcroft
- Dave Short
- David Coleman
- Dean Ward
- Donna Creighton
- Ed McDermott
- Éire Rowland-Evans
- Emily Barrett
- Felicity Bee
- Freya Tarbit
- Greg Cackett
- Harry Johnston
- Jacob Salisbury
- James Howard
- James Dasaolu
- Jerry Rice
- Jo Ellett
- Joel Fearon
- John Herbert
- John Stanbridge
- Lamin Deen
- Laura Deas
- Laurence Bostock
- Lucy Bugler
- Luka Williams
- Luke Dawes
- Marc Heywood
- Marcus Wyatt
- Mareks Mezencevs
- Matt Weston
- Matthias Biedermann
- Mel Haslam
- Mica McNeill
- Michelle Radford
- Milly Kellyman
- Mitch Smith
- Montell Douglas
- Mossy Clifford
- Nash Vracas
- Natalie Dunman
- Nick Gleeson
- Olly Butterworth
- Patrick Atkin
- Peter Gunn
- Rachel Hanagan
- Rachel Blackburn
- Ronnie Wells
- Sam Blanchet
- Sarah Smith
- Sophie Bashford
- Stefan Squire
- Steve Smith
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence
- Toby Olubi
- Victoria Williamson
- Wes Lewis
- William Scammell