Dan Money (born 17 October 1976 in

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) is a

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der who has competed since 2006. At the

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, he finished 17th in the four-man event while crashing out in the two-man event whilst in 8th place. Money's best finish at the

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was fifth in the four-man event at

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with

Lee Johnston Lee Johnston (born 16 June 1972) is an English bobsledder who debuted in 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics (1998, 2002, 2006), he earned his best finish of tenth in the two-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Career Johnston also fin ...

and

Allyn Condon Allyn Condon (born 24 August 1974) is an English former sprinter and bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the seventh person to have competed for Great Britain in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games having alrea ...

. His best World Cup finish was 12th in the four-man event at

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in 2009 also with Johnston and Condon. His highest two-man finish was 13th in

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also in the 2009 season. In the 2010/2011 season his best World Cup finish was 14th in the two-man event in

. The previous week, Money and driver

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won the Europa Cup two-man event at St Moritz. Money is a former Track & Field athlete whose notable achievements include a

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personal best of 10.16 seconds and World University Games bronze medal in the 100m at the

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. He also won a European Junior Gold medal at

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in the same 4 × 100 m team as

Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978) is a British track and field, track Sprint (running), sprinter. He has won international medals at World and European levels and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of athletics (spo ...

and

Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, (born 1 June 1976) is an English former Sprint (running), sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. A prodigious relay runner with particular strength as a 'bend' runner, Devonish ran the third leg for th ...

and a Bronze medal in the 200m.

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