Luke
Dawes
Place of birthAldershot
Luke Dawes joined the British Bobsleigh team in the summer of 2019, having previously played both rugby and football to a high standard.
Luke played Academy level football until he was 16 and went on to play rugby union in the Welsh Premiership and on the UK Sevens Series circuit.
A serving Paratrooper since 2014, Luke represented the Army at rugby league before getting into bobsleigh via the military in 2017.
Having previously competed as both a brakeman and a pilot at the military’s premier sliding sports competition, the Inter Services Championships, Luke made his GB debut on the Europa Cup circuit in Konigssee in December 2019.
He stepped up to the World Cup circuit just a fortnight later, finishing ninth alongside Brad Hall, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett in Winterberg. He featured in every 4-man World Cup race that followed in 2019/20 and made his 2-man debut in Sigulda in February.
Luke ended his debut international season with a superb seventh-place finish in the 4-man World Championships in Altenberg in March.
LUKE IN HIS OWN WORDS...
- Nickname: Dawesy
- Most likely to be spotted: in the Gulag
- Least likely to be found: in the sea
- Me in three: energetic, passionate, competitive
- Heroes: my parents: they both pushed me to be the best I can be and supported me in everything
- Random fact: i have a strange body: I still have a baby tooth, have one leg longer than the other and have three tumours
- If I wasn’t a slider: I’d continue my career as a Paratrooper
- Career highlights: coming seventh at the World Champs
- Favourite Track Whistler and the Whistler lifestyle
- Favourite Food Mexican
- Favourite Film Bad Boys 1 & 2
- Favourite music Country to chill, Hip Hop for motivation
Meet the team
- Adam Baird
- Alex Cortes-Tankard
- Amelia Coltman
- 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
- Jo Ellett
- Joel Fearon
- John Herbert
- John Stanbridge
- Lamin Deen
- Laura Deas
- Laurence Bostock
- Lucy Bugler
- Luka Williams
- Marc Heywood
- Marcus Wyatt
- Mareks Mezencevs
- Mark Silva
- Matt Weston
- Matthias Biedermann
- Mel Haslam
- Mica McNeill
- Michelle Radford
- Milly Kellyman
- Mitch Smith
- Montell Douglas
- Mossy Clifford
- Nash Vracas
- Natalie Dunman
- Nick Gleeson
- Patrick Atkin
- Peter Gunn
- Rachel Blackburn
- Ronnie Wells
- Sam Blanchet
- Sophie Bashford
- Steve Smith
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence
- Toby Olubi
- Victoria Williamson
- Wes Lewis
- William Scammell