Global InformationJoey Mantia information
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| Born | February 7, 1986 Ocala, Florida, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, mass start | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joey Mantia (born February 7, 1986) is an American speed skater and inline speed skater, an Olympic bronze medalist, 28-time world champion, and a world record holder. He also won two gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games[2] and a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. He 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 was ranked second among male competitors 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, 46.801 seconds), and 20,000 m (28 minutes, 56.189 seconds), and the world records for the track race over 300 m (24.250 seconds) and 15,000 m (22 minutes, 32.644 seconds).[6]
- ^ olympics.cbc.ca. "Joey Mantia". The Athletes – Sochi 2014. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ^ "Ocalan is Pan Am Games Winner". Ocala Star-Banner. August 13, 2003. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ "Speed Skater of the Year". USArollersports.org. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Ermer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award". USArollersports.org. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Taylor Phinney wins USOC Athlete of the Month honor for October". TeamUSA.org. November 12, 2010. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ "FIRS world speed skating records". USArollersports.org. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2010.