Bobsleigh Olympian Nicoll takes Wales Golf role

Adele Nicoll finished 15th in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics [Getty Images] Adele Nicoll has joined Wales Golf as a non-executive director for high performance. The 29-year-old Olympic bobsleigher and Commonwealth Games shot putter from Welshpool has a masters in clinical neuroscience and family ties to golf. "[I'm] incredibly proud to share that I've been appointed as the new non-executive performance director of Wales Golf," Nicoll, who has also competed in the discus, posted on social media.

"I have spent the last 15 years as an athlete in elite environments. I'm looking forwards to working alongside Wales Golf to help their performance environment thrive. " Nicoll eyes Winter Olympics and Commonwealth double Nicoll named first British monobob Olympian Nicoll and Placide win Europa Cup bobsleigh gold Nicoll is the reigning British shot put champion, winning her third national title in 2025, and competing for Wales finished eighth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

She began her bobsleigh career in the summer of 2020 and made her World Cup bow as a brakewoman in Igls, Austria, in November 2021. Nicoll's first podium success came with pilot Mica McNeill, the pair taking World Cup silver in Sigulda, Latvia, in January 2022. She was subsequently named as a reserve athlete for the Beijing Winter Olympics the following month.

After the Games, Nicoll switched roles to pilot and began to make her mark in monobob. Nicoll was selected to compete for Team GB at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, becoming the first British woman to take part in an Olympic monobob race, placing 18th in Italy, before finishing 15th in the two-woman bobsleigh alongside Ashleigh Nelson. With that Olympic cycle ended, Nicoll has refocused on track and field athletics and is in training to represent Wales in the shot put at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.