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[edit]
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[edit]
He played high school football as a wide receiver/safety and was the Nevada 4A Football Player of the Year at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas.[3][1][4] He became involved in bobsledding by virtue of his participation in the decathlon.[1][5] His football career ended in high school with a torn labrum that he suffered on a running play.[4]
College, decathlon, pentathlon, and heptathlon[edit]
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[edit]
At the IBSF 2016 Bobsled World Championship Team Event with pilot Justin Olsen, he came in 10th in Igls, Austria.[5] At the IBSF 2017 World Championship in Koenigssee, Germany, in the Two-Man with pilot Justin Olsen, he came in tied for 11th, and in the Four-Man for pilot Justin Olsen, he came in 11th.[5]
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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Evan Weinstock at World Athletics
- Evan Weinstock at IBSF
- Evan Weinstock at Olympedia
- Evan Weinstock at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American male bobsledders
- Olympic bobsledders for the United States
- Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- American male decathletes
- American pentathletes
- American heptathletes
- Brown Bears men's track and field athletes
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish American track and field athletes
- Sportspeople from Las Vegas
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American women
- Jews from Nevada