Evan Weinstock (born October 30, 1991) is an American Olympic bobsledder.

Early life

Weinstock was born and raised in

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, Nevada. His father, Arnold Weinstock, is Jewish. His mother was not. He told ''

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'' that he was raised without a faith, but he had no problem being identified as a Jewish athlete.

High school football

He played

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as a wide receiver/safety and was the Nevada 4A Football Player of the Year at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas."2018 Winter Olympics: 'Football players are really bobsledders'"
/ref> He became involved in bobsledding by virtue of his participation in the

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

."Evan Weinstock"
/ref> His football career ended in high school with a torn labrum that he suffered on a running play.

College, decathlon, pentathlon, and heptathlon

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(2014), where he majored in Biology, Weinstock set the university record in the

(7,393 points), is second in university history in the

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(5,296 points), and was a four-time

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champion (three times in the decathlon, once in the

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Bobsled career

At the IBSF 2016 Bobsled World Championship Team Event with pilot Justin Olsen, he came in 10th in

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. At the IBSF 2017 World Championship in Koenigssee,

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, in the Two-Man with pilot Justin Olsen, he came in tied for 11th, and in the Four-Man for pilot Justin Olsen, he came in 11th. He competed for the United States in the two-man event at the

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. He and his team came in ninth place in the four-man bobsled, in 3:17.28, and came in 14th in the two-man bobsled.">"Las Vegas' Weinstock finishes ninth in four-man bobsled at Olympics" – ''Las Vegas Review-Journal''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weinstock, Evan 1991 births Living people American male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the United States Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics American male decathletes American pentathletes American heptathletes Brown Bears men's track and field athletes Jewish American sportspeople Jewish American track and field athletes Sportspeople from Las Vegas 21st-century American Jews Jews from Nevada 21st-century American sportsmen