Peter
Gunn
Youth Olympic Team Leader
Peter Gunn was appointed Olympic Team Leader for the British Bobsleigh youth team in the autumn of 2019.
Peter prepared the team of youth athletes for the 2019/20 sliding season and coached them on the ice, culminating in the Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lausanne in January when Charlotte Longden and William Scammell both finished 12th in Switzerland.
He was also involved in coaching para bobsleigh athlete Corie Mapp during the former soldier's overall silver medal winning World Cup season.
He is among the most experienced coaches in the sport, having competed or coached at international standard since 1992.
Peter represented Great Britain as an athlete for five seasons, including at the 1996 World Championships, and he has since been to five Olympic Winter Games as a coach. He helped John Jackson’s 4-man crew win Olympic bronze in Sochi in 2014 and followed that up with silver with the South Korean 4-man team in PyeongChang four years later.
Having coached the GB women’s squad at the first female Olympic event in 2002, Peter guided the team to silver at the 2005 World Championships and gold at the same event four years later. He also led them to Junior World Championship gold in 2011.
As well as coaching Great Britain and South Korea, Peter worked for the Netherlands in 1997 and in 2001 through a partnership scheme with GB.
Peter lists his career highlight as meeting his now wife, Jackie, while bobsledding.
Meet the team
- Adam Hames
- Adam Baird
- Alan Toward
- Amelia Coltman
- Ash Morris
- 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
- Dean Ward
- Donna Creighton
- Ed McDermott
- Éire Rowland-Evans
- Eleanor Jones
- Emily Barrett
- Felicity Bee
- Freya Tarbit
- Greg Cackett
- Harry Johnston
- Jacob Salisbury
- James Howard
- Jerry Rice
- Jo Ellett
- Joel Fearon
- John Herbert
- Lamin Deen
- Laura Deas
- Laurence Bostock
- Louise Turner
- 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
- Rachel Hanagan
- Rachel Blackburn
- Ronnie Wells
- Ruth McKean
- Sam Blanchet
- Sarah Smith
- Sophie Bashford
- Stefan Squire
- Steve Smith
- Tabby Stoecker
- Taylor Lawrence
- Toby Olubi
- Victoria Williamson
- Wes Lewis
- William Scammell