Joey Mantia

Joey Mantia

Joey Mantia in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1986-02-07) February 7, 1986 (age 31) Ocala, Florida, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating World Championships 2017 Gangneung Mass start Men's inline speed skating World Championships 2009: Track 300 m 2009: Track 1000 m 2009: Track 15 K 2009: Track Relay 2009: Road 20 K 2009: Road Marathon 2009: Road Relay 2010: Track 500 m 2010: Track 1000 m 2009: Road 10 K 2010: Track 300 m 2010: Track Relay 2009: Track 500 m 2009: Road 200 m 2010: Road 20 K

Joey Mantia (born February 7, 1986) is an American multiple world champion and world record holder inline and ice speed skater. Apart from his world titles, he won two gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games 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, and the 2007 Elmer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award. 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.

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).

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

As of February 20, 2016, his ranking on the all-time Adelskalender is 45th.

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