Jon Montgomery
Canadian skeleton racer (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host.[1] He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2] Despite hosting The Amazing Race Canada since 2013, he is best known in Canada for his spontaneous celebration after winning the gold medal in 2010, when he was caught on camera being handed a pitcher of beer by a fan while a crowd surrounding him cheered and sang O Canada. Writing for CBC in 2020, Montgomery stated "If the beer is all I’m ever remembered for, I consider myself the luckiest fella on Earth."[3]
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Birth name | Jonathan Riley Montgomery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-05-06) May 6, 1979 (age 45) Russell, Manitoba, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74.7 kg (165 lb; 11.76 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Skeleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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