1. Joey Mantia was born on February 7,1986 and is an American speed skater and inline speed skater, an Olympic bronze medalist, 28-time world champion, and a world record holder.
13 Facts About Joey Mantia
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Joey Mantia won two gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Joey Mantia won the American Speed Skater of the Year award three times in a row, in 2005,2006, and 2007, and the 2007 Elmer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award.
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Joey Mantia started skating on inline skates as a self-described "rink rat," often asking his parents to bring him to the local indoor skating rink.
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Joey Mantia spent a lot of time at public skating sessions and learned about speed skating by watching inline skating practice at the rink.
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In 2010, Joey Mantia switched from inline speed skating to speed skating on ice.
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Joey Mantia first moved to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, then to Salt Lake City, Utah, to train with the national team two years later.
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In early 2013, Joey Mantia made his debut on the World Cup competition circuit.
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Joey Mantia found success less than a year later, at the Berlin World Cup in December 2013, where he finished first in the 1500 m, beating out his teammate Shani Davis, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 m, and Russia's Denis Yuskov, the reigning world champion, to win gold.
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Joey Mantia represented Team USA at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, where he finished 15th in the 1000 m, 22nd in the 1500 m, and 7th in the team pursuit.
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On December 13,2021, Joey Mantia won his second-straight 1500m World Cup title in Salt Lake City.
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Joey Mantia's first Olympic medal was a bronze in the team pursuit with the US team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Joey Mantia is an investor and owner in Coffee Lab, a coffee shop located on the University of Utah campus.