TEAM USA: Who is Matt Antoine?

A California University graduate is on our list of Ones to Watch at the Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Matt Antoine, a skeleton athlete,  earned his degree online from Cal U.

Antoine earned a bronze medal in Sochi in 2014 and considered leaving the sport afterward.

He took some time to reflect and ultimately decided to come back to competition and go for the gold in Pyeongchang.

"I spent the last three years just kind of taking a step back, seeing what I could do better, do differently even though I had success in 2014. You can't get complacent or anything like that,” Antoine said.

He said his training this past summer and fall were the best he's ever had.

Olympic Experience

• 2014 Sochi Olympic Games - BRONZE (2/14)

World Championship Experience

• 2017 Men's Skeleton - 7th in Koenigssee (2/17)
• 2017 Team Event - 6th in Kqoenigssee (2/17)
• 2016 Men's Skeleton - 9th in Igls (2/16)
• 2016 Team Event - 7th in Igls (2/16)
• 2015 Men's Skeleton - 12th in Winterberg (3/15)
• 2015 Team Event - 5th in Winterberg (3/15)
• 2013 Men's Skeleton - 12th in St. Moritz (2/13)
• 2013 Team Event - 8th in St. Moritz (2/13)
• 2012 Men's Skeleton - 5th in Lake Placid (2/12)
• 2012 Team Event - GOLD in Lake Placid (2/12)
• 2011 Men's Skeleton - 7th in Koenigssee (2/11)
• 2011 Team Event - 9th in Koenigssee (2/11)
• 2009 Men's Skeleton - 9th in Lake Placid

Other Career Highlights

• 2017-2018 World Cup- 8th in Lake Placid (11/17); 12th in Park City (11/17); 8th in Whistler (11/17); 7th in Winterberg (12/17); 9th in Igls (12/17)
• 2016-2017 World Cup- BRONZE in Whistler (12/16); SILVER in Lake Placid (12/16); 9th in Altenberg (1/17); 9th in Winterberg (1/17); 9th in St. Moritz (1/17); 9th in Koenigssee (1/17); 8th in Igls (2/17); 10th in PyeongChang (3/17)
• 2015-2016 World Cup- 10th in Altenberg (11/15); 9th in Winterberg (12/15); 15th in Koenigssee (12/15); 5th in Lake Placid (1/16); 4th in Park City (1/16); 4th in Whistler (1/16); 15th in St. Moritz (2/16)
• 4th overall in 2014-2015 World Cup - BRONZE in Lake Placid (12/14); 6th in Calgary (12/14); 15th in Altenberg (1/15); BRONZE in Koenigssee (1/15); 11th in St. Moritz (1/15); 8th in La Plagne (1/15); 11th in Igls (2/15); 8th in Sochi (2/15)
• 2013-2014 World Cup- 7th in Calgary (11/13), BRONZE in Park City (12/13), GOLD in Lake Placid (12/13), 4th in Winterberg (1/14), BRONZE in St. Moritz #1 (1/14), 6th in St. Moritz #2 (1/12), 6th in Igls (1/14)
• 2012-2013 World Cup- 10th in Lake Placid (11/12), 9th in Park City (11/12), 15th in Whistler (11/12), 15th in Winterberg (12/12), 7th in La Plagne (12/12), 17th in Koenigssee (1/13), 16th in Igls (1/13), BRONZE Team Event in Igls (1/13), 11th in Sochi (2/13)
• 2012-2013 Intercontinental Cup- 5th in Whistler #1 (11/12)
• 2011-2012 World Cup- 10th in Igls (12/11), 4th in La Plagne (12/11), 19th in Winterberg (12/11), 21st in Altenberg (1/12), 4th in Koenigssee (1/12), BRONZE in St. Moritz (1/12), 14th in Whistler (2/12)
• 7th overall in 2010-2011 World Cup - 6th in Whistler (11/10), 4th in Calgary (12/10), 9th in Park City (12/10), 4th in Lake Placid (12/10), 4th in Igls (1/11), 8 in Winterberg (1/11), 27th in St. Moritz (1/11), 9th in Cesana (1/11), 7th at World Championships in Koenigssee (2/11)
• 2009-2010 World Cup- 22nd in Altenberg (12/09)
• 4th overall in 2009-2010 Intercontinental Cup- BRONZE in Winterberg #1 (11/09), 5th in Winterbeg #2 (11/09), 13th in Konigssee (12/09), 4th in Cesana (12/09)
• 2008-2009 World Cup- 8th in Konigssee (1/09), BRONZE in Whistler (2/09), 4th in Park City #1 (2/09), 7th in Park City #2 (2/09)
• 10th overall in 2008-2009 Intercontinental Cup - 10th in Calgary (12/08), 4th in Park City #2 (12/08), BRONZE in Park City #3 (12/08), GOLD in Lake Placid (12/08)
• 2008 Intercontinental Cup Champion - 4th in Cesana (12/08), 6th in Konigssee (12/08), 6th in Winterberg (12/08), BRONZE in Park City (1/08), 5th in Calgary (1/08), GOLD in Lake Placid (1/08)
• 2007 European Cup- 6th in Winterberg (1/07)
• 2006-2007 North American Cup- 12th in Calgary #1 (11/06), 10th in Calgary #2 (11/06), GOLD in Lake Placid (12/06), GOLD in Lake Placid (12/06), GOLD in Park City (12/06), GOLD in Park City (12/06)

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