Evan Weinstock
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 30, 1991 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Alma mater | Brown University (2014) |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
Evan Weinstock (born October 30, 1991) is an American Olympic bobsledder.
Early life
Weinstock was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] His father, Arnold Weinstock, is Jewish. His mother was not. He told Jewish Sports Review that he was raised without a faith, but he had no problem being identified as a Jewish athlete.[1][2]
High school football
He played
College, decathlon, pentathlon, and heptathlon
At Brown University (2014), where he majored in Biology, Weinstock set the university record in the decathlon (7,393 points), is second in university history in the pentathlon (5,296 points), and was a four-time Ivy League champion (three times in the decathlon, once in the heptathlon).[6][1][5][7][8]
Bobsled career
At the IBSF 2016 Bobsled World Championship Team Event with pilot
He competed for the United States in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[9] He and his team came in ninth place in the four-man bobsled, in 3:17.28, and came in 14th in the two-man bobsled.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e ""The Tribe at the Winter Olympics: 2018 Edition" - St. Louis Jewish Light". Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Las Vegas' Evan Weinstock slides into Olympic dream"
- ^ "ALL-STATE: Del Sol's Weinstock earns 4A Player of the Year" – Nevada Preps
- ^ a b "2018 Winter Olympics: 'Football players are really bobsledders'"
- ^ a b c d "Evan Weinstock"
- ^ "Bobsleigh | Athlete Profile: Evan WEINSTOCK - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games"
- ^ ""Men's Track's Evan Weinstock '14 Earns Spot in Olympics with USA Bobsled" - Brown". Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ "Las Vegan travels from the fields of Del Sol to the ice of the Winter Olympics" - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper
- ^ "Evan Weinstock". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Las Vegas' Weinstock finishes ninth in four-man bobsled at Olympics" – Las Vegas Review-Journal
External links
- Evan Weinstock at World Athletics
- Evan Weinstock at IBSF
- Evan Weinstock at Olympedia
- Evan Weinstock at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
