Matt Weston (skeleton racer)
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1997 Redhill, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5ft 9in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Weston (born 2 April 1997) is a British skeleton racer. He won the gold medal at the 2023 World Skeleton Championships, becoming the first British male world champion since Kristan Bromley in 2008. At the same championships, Weston won the silver medal in the mixed relay alongside Laura Deas. He was also silver medalist in both the men's individual and mixed relay at the 2024 World Skeleton Championships. At the 2025 World Skeleton Championships at Lake Placid, he retained the title to become Britain's first two-time skeleton world champion.
Weston competed for Great Britain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton, finishing in 15th place.
He won back-to-back overall Skeleton World Cup titles in 2024 and 2025.
In November 2021, Weston claimed Great Britain's first World Cup win in almost 14 years after a three-way tie for gold in Igls.