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matt antoine file Home: Prairie du Chien, Wis. Birthdate: April 2, 1985. Height: 6-3. Weight: 185. The sport: Skeleton racing takes place on the same mile-long ice track used in bobsled and luge. A single racer sprints through a 50-meter starting chute, then loads onto the sled head-first on his stomach. Season highlights: In 2008, Antoine led the Intercontinental Cup standings, placed fourth in the Junior World Championships, and third in the National Championships. He joined the World Cup team for the second half of the 2008-09 season and won his first-ever World Cup medal, bronze, in Whistler, Canada, site of the 2010 Olympic Games. During the 2009 World Championships, he slid to a ninth-place finish. 2008-09 highlights In 2008, he led the Intercontinental Cup standings, placed fourth in the Junior World Championships, and third in the National Championships. He joined the World Cup team for the second half of the 2008-09 season and won his first-ever World Cup medal, bronze, in Whistler, Canada, site of the 2010 Olympic Games. During the 2009 World Championships, he slid to a ninth-place finish.
Matt Antoine fell in love with skeleton racing while watching a feature on the sport during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Before long, he could be the man on the television inspiring the next generation of Olympians.See the full content of this document
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Antoine On the Fast Track
The Prairie du Chien, Wis., native enjoyed a breakthrough season this winter. And the United States Bobsled an...
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