Matt Roy (bobsledder)

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Matt Roy Bobsleigh
Full name Matthew Spencer Roy
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday April 16, 1959
place of birth New York City , New York
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
Career
discipline Two, four
position pilot
status resigned
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
 Overall World Cup two 2. ( 1986/87 )
 Overall World Cup foursome 1. (1986/87)
 

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.

Web links

  • Matt Roy in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data
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