Laurence
Bostock
Place of birthSutton Coldfield
Laurence Bostock became the youngest ever British male to feature on the World Cup circuit when he competed in St Moritz at the end of January 2020.
Laurence was only 20 years old when he placed 23rd at the home of sliding in Switzerland in what was just his second month of international racing.
He made his GB debut in December 2019 when he finished 21st on the Europa Cup circuit in Winterberg and set a then personal best of ninth in Igls the following month.
Laurence won his first international medal when he claimed EC bronze in Lillehammer in November 2021 and he finished fourth in Winterberg a week later.
He appeared once on the World Cup circuit in the 2021/22 season (the third top-tier race of his career), finishing 17thin Winterberg in January 2022.
Laurence joined the GB Skeleton Talent team in the summer of 2017 while on the verge of completing his A Levels at the Anthony Gell School in Wirksworth, the same school that sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur previously attended.
Originally from Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham but having moved to mid Derbyshire at the age of four, Laurence was an all-round sportsman growing up. He played competitive club football and represented his county at both hockey and athletics.
Having always had a love of outdoor sports and developed a keen interest in skiing, his route into skeleton came via the UK Sport backed talent identification campaign, Discover Your Gold.
LAURENCE IN HIS OWN WORDS...
- Nickname: I don't really have one but some of my football team-mates used to call me Electric Loz
- Most likely to be spotted: doing anything sporty or active
- Least likely to be found: reading a long book
- Me in three: active, laid-back, hungry
- Heroes: I wouldn’t say I really have a hero but I do admire successful athletes like Usain Bolt, Chris Hoy, Jessie Owens and Martins Dukurs
- If I wasn’t a slider: I would be applying to study Product Design at university or maybe trying to join the Army or training to be an Outward Bound Instructor
- Favourite food Chinese
- Favourite music I generally like anything with a good tune, except heavy rock
Meet the team
- Adam Baird
- Adelé Nicoll
- Alex Cortes-Tankard
- Alex Cartagena
- Amelia Coltman
- Ben Simons
- Benjamin Fulker
- Brad Hall
- Brogan Crowley
- Bruce Tasker
- Corie Mapp
- Craig Thompson
- Danny Holdcroft
- Dave Short
- Donna Creighton
- Ed McDermott
- Emily Barrett
- Felicity Bee
- Freya Tarbit
- Greg Cackett
- Greg Rutherford
- Jacob Salisbury
- James Howard
- Jo Ellett
- Joel Fearon
- John Stanbridge
- Josh Hudson
- Lamin Deen
- Laura Deas
- Luke Dawes
- Marc Heywood
- Marcus Wyatt
- Mareks Mezencevs
- Mark Silva
- Matt Weston
- Matthias Biedermann
- Mel Haslam
- Mica McNeill
- Mica Moore
- Michelle Radford
- Milly Kellyman
- Montell Douglas
- Mossy Clifford
- Nash Vracas
- Natalie Dunman
- Nick Gleeson
- Patrick Atkin
- Peter Gunn
- Rachel Blackburn
- Ronnie Wells
- Sam Blanchet
- Sophie Bashford
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence
- Toby Olubi
- Victoria Williamson
- Wes Lewis