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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1997[1] Redhill, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Weston (born 2 April 1997) is a British skeleton racer. He won the gold medal at the 2023 World Skeleton Championships, becoming the first British male world champion since Kristan Bromley in 2008.[2] At the same championships, Weston won the silver medal in the mixed relay alongside Laura Deas.[3] He was also silver medalist in both the men's individual[4] and mixed relay[5] at the 2024 World Skeleton Championships.
Weston competed for Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton, finishing in 15th place.[6]
He won back-to-back overall Skeleton World Cup titles in 2024 and 2025.[7]
In November 2021, Weston claimed Great Britain's first World Cup win in almost 14 years after a three-way tie for gold in Igls.[8]
- ^ "Matt Weston". IBSF.
- ^ "Matt Weston wins first men's GB world skeleton title in 15 years". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "IBSF World Championships 2023: Great Britain win silver & bronze in mixed skeleton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Great Britain's Matt Weston wins silver at skeleton World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Matt Weston becomes British Skeleton's most decorated World Champs athlete by winning Team silver with Tabby Stoecker". Team Bath. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Matt Weston". British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association.
- ^ "GB's Weston defends men's World Cup skeleton title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Britain's Matthew Weston wins World Cup skeleton gold in remarkable three-way tie". BBC Sport. 26 November 2021.