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bobsleigh -lrb- pilot -rrb- gb team london , england 100 kg lb st on british 1.83 25px 17 june 1981 bath , somerset / manchester lamin deen
 lamin deen
lamin deen

lamin deen -lrb- born 17 june 1981 -rrb- is a british bobsleigh pilot and grenadier guardsman .
he qualified for the 2014 winter olympics in both the 2-man -lrb- in which he raced with john baines -rrb- and 4-man disciplines .
deen was born in london into a family which originally hailed from sierra leone .
he moved to manchester at the age of nine .
he grew up in the city 's moss side and withington areas and was a pupil at burnage high school before joining the grenadier guards , serving in northern ireland , bosnia and kosovo .
he represented the british army in athletics , boxing and basketball before competing in bobsleigh .
deen scored a new personal best finish in the bobsleigh world cup in january 2014 when he -lrb- along with stuart benson , bruce tasker and joel fearon -rrb- finished in 11th place in the four-man event at a meeting held at the igls track .
deen finished 19th in the four man event at the 2014 winter olympics and 23rd in the two man competition .
deen enjoyed a strong start to the 2014-15 season , scoring a third and a first place in the opening two four man races of the americas cup at the park city track and winning another race at the following meeting at the calgary track .
at the 2015 fibt world championships , deen led crews to fifth place in the four-man event , 14th in the two-man event and eighth along with the rest of the british squad in the team event .
