Jonnie Woodall | |
Full Name: | Jonathan William Woodall |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Bobsleigh Luge |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1946 |
Birth Place: | Oxford, England |
Death Place: | Baschurch, Shropshire, England |
Jonathan William Woodall, aka Jonnie Woodall MBE (25 January 1946 - 3 April 2009) was a British bobsledder and luger. He competed in the luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1]
Woodall, who served in the British Army, retired from the army with the rank of Major and became race manager of the British Skeleton Association.[1]
In later life Woodall lived at Mytton, near Montford Bridge in Shropshire. He was killed by being hit by a train on a level crossing whilst out cycling in nearby Eyton Lane, Baschurch.[2]