Matt Roy (bobsledder)
Matt Roy | |||||
Full name | Matthew Spencer Roy | ||||
nation | United States | ||||
birthday | April 16, 1959 | ||||
place of birth | New York City , New York | ||||
size | 178 cm | ||||
Weight | 86 kg | ||||
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discipline | Two, four | ||||
position | pilot | ||||
status | resigned | ||||
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Matthew Spencer "Matt" Roy (born April 16, 1959 in New York City , New York ) is a former American bobsleigh athlete .
Roy was active in the US bobsleigh team in the late 1980s. In the 1986/87 season he won the overall World Cup in the four-man bobsleigh and came second in the two-man bobsleigh. In 1988 he took part in the Winter Olympics in Calgary , Canada . In the two-man bobsleigh, he reached 16th place with his pusher Jim Herberich . He achieved the same placement in the four-man bobsleigh with Herberich, Brian Shimer and Scott Pladel .
Roy graduated from St. Lawrence University and worked as a real estate agent. In the early 1990s, he was elected a board member of the US Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and held that position until 2009.
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SURNAME | Roy, Matt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roy, Matthew Spencer (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bobsledder |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |