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Matt Antoine      

Olympic Skeleton Racer

Matthew Antoine is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2003.

Antoine won gold in the mixed team event at the FIBT World Championships 2012 in Lake Placid, New York. His best World Cup race finish was first at Lake Placid in December 2013. He ranked third overall in the 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup.

He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the first U.S. medal in men's skeleton since Jimmy Shea won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Antoine was announced to the U.S. 2018 Olympic Skeleton Team.

He graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania in 2009 with a degree in sports management, wellness, and fitness.

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Olympic Skeleton Racers Go Face-Down, Head-First, 90 Miles An ...
According to Olympic bronze medalist Matt Antoine, 32, watching skeleton might be scarier than actually doing it. "Sometimes when I'm watching other sleds go down the track, I don't even realize how fast we're going," he says. But, he adds, maintaining a bit of fear is wise: "You always have to be on your toes in the sport.

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