Andrew Joseph Finch (born March 20, 1981) is an American

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. His accomplishments include winning the overall U.S. Grand Prix

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Title in 2003 and 2004, taking first place in the Arctic Challenge in

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in April 2004, winning the Vans Triple Crown in February 2004, winning the O'Neill Snowboard Jam in January 2005, and finishing in second place in Northstar Resort's Vans Tahoe Cup. In addition, Finch competed in the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

for the United States. He lives in Truckee, California and attended Bullard High School in

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. Finch and his friend Tommy Czeschin participated on the 19th season of ''

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''. They ended up in 4th place out of 11 teams and were the eighth team eliminated in

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. He and Tommy are one of the few teams who won 6 out of 12 legs on ''The Amazing Race 19''.

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Andy and Tommy's ''The Amazing Race 19'' Official Profile
1981 births Living people American male snowboarders Sportspeople from Fresno, California People from Truckee, California Sportspeople from Nevada County, California Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics X Games competitors 20th-century American sportsmen Participants in American reality television series 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub