Clifton Wrottesley

Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley ( born August 10, 1968 in Dublin ) is a former Irish Skeleton driver.

Lord Clifton Wrottesley was trained by Adam Pengilly and lives in the UK. He came late to the skeleton and made ​​his international debut at the age of 32 years as part of an America's Cup race in November 2000 in Calgary, where he reached the 12th place. After several positions, he reached the Top Ten in this series and was second in Calgary in a Challenge Cup race, he could participate in the Skeleton World Cup 2001 in Calgary. There he finished in 24th place. Then he made his debut as a 25 in Park City in skeleton World Cup.

In the following season 2001 /02 Wrottesley, who raced for the Irish Bobsleigh Association started consistently in the World Cup. Best result was a 13th place in Calgary, he joined the Appreciation from the 18th. The highlight of the season was the 2002 Winter Olympics, where for the first time was in the Skeleton competition calendar since 1948. In Salt Lake City Wrottesley achieved the best result of his career. Behind Jim Shea, Martin Rettl and Gregor Stähli he took fourth place with a gap of 42 hundredths of a second on a medal position. After the first run he was still on the bronze medal. After he finished, apart from a brief comeback in the 2005/06 season in skeleton - European Cup and the Challenge Cup of his active career.