Matt Weston (skeleton racer)
# Matt Weston (skeleton racer)

Matt Weston (born Redhill, Surrey, England) is a British skeleton racer who represents the United Kingdom in the Men's Singles event in the Skeleton World Cup. During January 2023, Weston became the first British male since Kristan Bromley to win the European or World Title in skelton. In the same season, Weston won five Skeleton World Cup races. His coach from the 2023 season was Latvian skelton legend Martins Dukurs.

His best-placed overall ranking to date is 2nd in the 2022–23 Skeleton World Cup. He competed for Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton, finishing in 15th place.

In November 2021, he claimed Great Britain's first World Cup win in almost 14 years after a three-way tie for gold in Igls.

## Career results

### Olympic Games

| Event | Men's Skeleton |
| - | - |
| Representing Great Britain ||
| 2022 Beijing | 15th |

### World Championships

| Event | Men's Skeleton | Mixed Team |
| - | - | - |
| Representing Great Britain |||
| 2020 Altenberg | 15th | 4th |
| 2021 Altenberg | 23rd | 4th |
| 2023 St. Moritz | 1st | 2nd |

### Skeleton World Cup

Source:

| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019–20 | 34th | 120 | LPL1 – | LPL2 – | WIN – | LPG – | IGL – | KON – | STM 13 | SIG – |
| 2020–21 | 9th | 994 | SIG1 5 | SIG2 12 | IGL1 4 | IGL2 2 | WIN – | STM – | KON 10 | IGL3 11 |
| 2021–22 | 10th | 1073 | IGL1 13 | IGL2 1 | ALT1 12 | WIN1 11 | ALT2 7 | SIG 10 | WIN2 – | STM 9 |
| 2022–23 | 2nd | 1605 | WHI 3 | PCT 18 | LPL 1 | WIN 3 | ALT1 1 | ALT2 1 | IGL 1 | SIG 1 |
