Matt Roy (bobsleigh)

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Matt Roy is an American bobsledder, born in New York City, who competed in the mid to late 1980s. He won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's event in 1986-7 and unofficial four-man event that same year.

Roy finished 16th in both the two-man and four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He later became Executive Director for the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in the early 1990s.

References

  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 1988 four-man bobsleigh results]
  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1988 two-man bobsleigh results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025403/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-c.html List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025356/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
  • [http://www.usolympicteam.com/73_7465.htm US Olympic Committee January 23, 2003 article on the FIBT World Championships 2003 featuring Roy.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220090145/http://www.usolympicteam.com/73_7465.htm |date=December 20, 2004 }} - accessed March 26, 2008.

{{Footer World Cup Champions Bobsleigh Men's Combined}}

{{Footer World Cup Champions Bobsleigh Four-Man}}

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Category:American male bobsledders

Category:Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic bobsledders for the United States

Category:Sportspeople from New York City

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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