Matt Roy

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This article is about the bobsledder. For the civil engineer and architect, see Mat Roy Thompson.

Matt Roy is an American bobsledder 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 2000s.

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World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined.

1984-5: West Germany - Anton Fischer * 1985-6: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7: United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8: Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1988-9: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1989-90: Soviet Union - Maris Poikans * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1996-7: Italy - Günther Huber * 1997-8: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2005-6: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 2006-7: United States - Steven Holcomb

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World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh

1984-5 (unofficial): United States - Jeffrey Jost * 1985-6 (unofficial): Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7 (unofficial): United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt & Austria - Peter Kienast * 1988-9 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1989-90 (unofficial): Canada - Chris Lori * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Austria - Hubert Schösser * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1996-7: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 1997-8: Germany - Harald Czudaj * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2005-6: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2006-7: Russia - Evgeni Popov * 2007-8: Germany - André Lange