Joey MANTIA

United States of America
Speed Skating
7 Feb 1986
36
Male
1.73/5'8''
OCALA, FL
 
United States of America
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Men's 1500m 6
Men's Mass Start 4
Men's Team Pursuit
USA
United States of America
 3 Bronze

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's 1500m
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Final B
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Mass Start Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
4Men's 1000m2018PyeongChang, KOR
7Team Pursuit (8 laps)2014Sochi, RUS
8Men's 1500m2018PyeongChang, KOR
8Men's Team Pursuit (8 laps)2018PyeongChang, KOR
9Men's Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
15Men's 1000m2014Sochi, RUS
22Men's 1500m2014Sochi, RUS
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Mass Start Final2021Heerenveen, NED
1Men's Mass Start2019Inzell, GER
1Men's Mass Start2018Gangneung, KOR
3Men's Mass Start Semi-Final 22021Heerenveen, NED
3Men's 1500m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
5Men's 1500m2021Heerenveen, NED
5Men's Mass Start2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7Men's 1500m2018Gangneung, KOR
8Men's 1500m2019Inzell, GER
10Men's 1000m2018Gangneung, KOR
10Men's 1000m2015Heerenveen, NED
12Men's 1000m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
12Men's 1000m2019Inzell, GER
12Men's 1000m2016Kolomna, RUS
12Men's Mass Start2016Kolomna, RUS
21Men's 1500m2015Heerenveen, NED
DSQMen's 1500m2016Kolomna, RUS
World Sprint Championships
RankEventYearLocation
17Men's Sprint2016Seoul, KOR
28Men's Sprint2019Heerenveen, NED
World Allround Championships
RankEventYearLocation
22Men's Allround2013Hamar, NOR
World Cup
SeasonMen's 500mMen's 1000mMen's 1500mMen's Mass Start
2020/21127
2019/2025132
2018/19581079
2017/181469
2016/171356
2015/16486320
2014/15502519
2013/14561614
2012/133231
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Supermantia

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Playing piano, motorcycles, gaming, photography, trail running

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Athlete, Coffee Shop owner

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Partner, Leah Smith. Father, Joe.

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English

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National: Ryan Shimabukuro (USA), Gabriel Girard (CAN)

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Inline speed skating: Won 28 world titles, three Pan American Games gold medals (2x 2003, 2007), 15 World Cup titles, 12 junior world titles and more than 90 national titles.

At the 2003 Junior World Championships, he won a medal in all 11 events, winning nine of them. As a senior, he achieved similar performances at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships, winning seven out of 12 available gold medals on each occasion. Has won world titles in 10 of the 12 events in the sport.

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2011 CAN-AM International in Calgary (500m - 5th, 1000m - 2nd, 1500m - 2nd, 5000m - 2nd)
2013 World Cup in Inzell (1500m B - 22nd)

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2020: Contracted Covid-19 and was unable to do anything but lie down for two weeks, requiring a lengthy recovery.

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2012

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Got his first pair of roller skates at age five. Pondered switching to ice to compete at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, but finally made the transition in 2011 with the aid of Olympic bronze medallist Kim Carpenter (USA). (Schaatsseizoen 48)

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Win a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (teamusa.org, 24 Feb 2018)

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Winning mass start gold at the 2017 World Single Distances Championships in Gangneung. (isu.org)

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Speed skater Brittany Bowe (USA), PyeongChang 2018 Olympic bronze medallist, six-time world champion, with eight inline world titles.
Speed skater Eric Heiden (USA), five-time Olympic gold medallist at Lake Placid 1980 and seven-time world champion.
Long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine (USA), Munich 1972 Olympian and 1971 Pan American gold medallist. (nbcolympics.com, 3 Oct 2017)

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His parents, inline coach Renee Hildebrand (USA), and speed skating coach Ryan Shimabukuro (USA). (teamusa.org, 19 Dec 2019)

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“Every day is leg day.” (nbcolympics.com, 9 Nov 2017)

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USA Roller Sports Elmer Ringeisen Sportsmanship Award (2007)
US Speed Skater of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007)

General Interest

BREEDING GROUND
Born in Ocala, FL, the city has produced four US Winter Olympians including speed skaters Brittany Bowe (2014-2018) and Erin Jackson (2018), and figure skater Caydee Denney (2010).

TRANSITION TO ICE
Initially struggled when he first switched to the ice. "The first few years after I made the switch to long track were a little rough going. I just couldn't seem to break all the habits I created on inline skates and retrain my body and coordination to do new movements. I would have decent practices here and there, but I could never put it into racing."

But he found his stride with the introduction of the mass start at the 2015 World Championships. “It was something that I was comfortable doing. When long track time trialling is not going well, I can still perform in the mass start.” Mantia is now a three-time world champion in the event (2017, 2019, 2021), and finished fourth in the event at PyeongChang 2018. (wnyt.com, 9 Nov 2017; teamusa.org, 4 Jan 2018)

CUP OF JOE(Y)
Co-owns a coffee shop, inside the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, called "Coffee Lab". "I didn't drink coffee at all until I owned a third wave coffee shop, now I can't live without it. Ipso facto, good coffee changed my life." (Twitter, 10 Feb 2018)

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