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Matt Weston (skeleton racer)

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Matt Weston
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27)[1]
Redhill, Great Britain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportSkeleton
Medal record
Men's skeleton
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 St. Moritz Men
Silver medal – second place 2023 St. Moritz Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Winterberg Men
Silver medal – second place 2024 Winterberg Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Altenberg Men
Silver medal – second place 2024 Sigulda Men

Matt Weston (born 2 April 1997) is a British skeleton racer. During January 2023, Weston became the first British male since Kristan Bromley to win the European or World Title in skeleton. In the same season, Weston won five Skeleton World Cup races. His coach from the 2023 season was Latvian skelton legend Martins Dukurs.

His best-placed overall ranking to date is 2nd in the 2022–23 Skeleton World Cup. He competed for Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton, finishing in 15th place.[2]

In November 2021, he claimed Great Britain's first World Cup win in almost 14 years after a three-way tie for gold in Igls.[3]

Career results

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Olympic Games

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Event Men's Skeleton
Representing  Great Britain
China 2022 Beijing 15th[4]

World Championships

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Event Men's Skeleton Mixed Team
Representing  Great Britain
Germany 2020 Altenberg 15th[5] 4th[6]
Germany 2021 Altenberg 23rd[7] 4th[8]
 Switzerland  2023 St. Moritz 1st[9] 2nd[10]
Germany 2024 Winterberg 2nd 2nd

Skeleton World Cup

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Source:[11]

Season Place Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2019–20 34th 120 LKP1
LKP2
WIN
LPG
IGL
KON
STM
13
SIG
2020–21 9th 994 SIG1
5
SIG2
12
IGL1
4
IGL2
2
WIN
STM
KON
10
IGL3
11
2021–22 10th 1073 IGL1
13
IGL2
1
ALT1
12
WIN1
11
ALT2
7
SIG
10
WIN2
STM
9
2022–23 2nd 1605 WHI
3
PCT
18
LKP
1
WIN
3
ALT1
1
ALT2
1
IGL
1
SIG
1
2023–24 1st 1523 YAN
10
LPG
2
IGL
1
STM
4
LIL
8
SIG
3
ALT
3
LKP
4

References

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  1. ^ "Matt Weston". IBSF.
  2. ^ "Matt Weston". British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association.
  3. ^ "Britain's Matthew Weston wins World Cup skeleton gold in remarkable three-way tie". BBC Sport. 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Winter Games: Yanqing 2022". IBSF.
  5. ^ "World Championships: Altenberg 2020". IBSF.
  6. ^ "World Championships: Altenberg 2020". IBSF.
  7. ^ "World Championships: Altenberg 2021". IBSF.
  8. ^ "World Championships: Altenberg 2021". IBSF.
  9. ^ "World Championships: St. Moritz 2023". IBSF.
  10. ^ "World Championships: St. Moritz 2023". IBSF.
  11. ^ "Rankings". IBSF.
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