Joey Mantia

Joey Mantia

Joey Mantia in 2007
Personal information
Born (1986-02-07) February 7, 1986
Ocala, Florida, United States
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Sport Speed skating

Joey Mantia (born February 7, 1986, in Ocala, Florida) is an American multiple world champion and world record holder inline speed skater. Apart from his world titles, he won 2 gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games[2] and a further gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, and won the American Speed Skater of the Year award three times in a row, in 2005, 2006 and 2007,[3] and the 2007 Elmer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award.[4] In October 2010, after winning two world titles at the inline skating championships in Colombia, he ended second in the USOC Athlete of the Month competition.[5]

As of January 7, 2010, Mantia held the world records for the road race over 500 m (38.6 seconds), 10,000 m (13 minutes and 46.801 seconds) and 20,000 m (28 minutes and 56.189 seconds), and the world records for the track race over 300 m (24.250 seconds) and 15,000 m (22 minutes and 32.644 seconds).[6]

Speed skating

In 2011, Mantia switched to speed skating on ice, finishing fourth at the 2011 US speed skating championships over 5000 m,[7] tenth in the 1000 m and eighth in the 1500 m. He represented team USA at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Personal records

Personal records[8]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 35.44 November 17, 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:08.64 October 26, 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:44.21 October 27, 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 3:51.53 February 25, 2012 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m 6:28.50 March 14, 2012 Olympic Oval, Calgary
10000 m 13:54.13 January 13, 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

As of October 28, 2013, his highest ranking on the all-time Adelskalender is 54th.[9]

Notes

  1. olympics.cbc.ca. "Joey Mantia". The Athletes – Sochi 2014. CBC. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. "Ocalan is Pan Am Games Winner". Ocala Star-Banner. August 13, 2003. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  3. "Speed Skater of the Year". USArollersports.org. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  4. "Ermer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award". USArollersports.org. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  5. "Taylor Phinney wins USOC Athlete of the Month honor for October". TeamUSA.org. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  6. "FIRS world speed skating records". USArollersports.org. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  7. Cheek, Joey (November 4, 2011). "Jonathan Kuck Wins Interesting Men’s 5k, Maria Lamb Wins 3k At US Speedskating Champs.". DailyHouse.com. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  8. "Joey Mantia". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  9. Stenlund, Evert. "Adel". Retrieved October 28, 2013.

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