Marcus Wyatt (skeleton racer)

Marcus Wyatt (born Honiton, Devon, England) is a British skeleton racer who represents the United Kingdom in the Men's Singles event in the Skeleton World Cup. He finished in the sixth position in the final standing of the 2018-19 Skeleton World Cup. For the 2019–20 Skeleton World Cup Wyatt finished in 8th place in the final standings.[2]

Marcus Wyatt
Wyatt in 2019
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991[1]
Honiton, Devon, Great Britain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportSkeleton

Wyatt earned a degree in psychology from the University of Swansea.[3][4][5]

In November 2020, in the race of the 2020–21 Skeleton World Cup season, Wyatt finished third in the world cup race in Siguda, Latvia. It was the first British male skeleton racer podium finish since Dom Parsons' 3rd-place finish at Calgary in 2013.[6]

Career results

Olympic Games
Event Men's Skeleton
Representing  Great Britain
China 2022 Beijing 16th

World Championships
Event Men's Skeleton
Representing  Great Britain
Canada 2019 Whistler 12th
Germany 2020 Altenberg 10th
Germany 2021 Altenberg 12th
Switzerland 2023 St. Moritz 5th

Skeleton World Cup
Season Place Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2017–18 22nd 452 LPL1
–		 PAC
–		 WHI
–		 WIN
–		 IGL
10		 ALT
14		 STM
20		 KON
12
2018–19 6th 1288 SIG
12		 WIN
10		 ALT
8		 IGL
6		 STM
7		 LPL
7		 CGR1
8		 CGR2
5
2019–20 8th 1184 LPL1
10		 LPL2
8		 WIN
8		 LPG
14		 IGL
4		 KON
13		 STM
11		 SIG
8
2020–21 8th 1008 SIG1
8		 SIG2
3		 IGL1
–		 IGL2
–		 WIN
13		 STM
8		 KON
5		 IGL3
5
2021–22 19th 638 IGL1
14		 IGL2
10		 ALT1
14		 WIN1
25		 ALT2
19		 SIG
17		 WIN2
–		 STM
20
2022–23 3rd 1531 WHI
1		 PAR
3		 LPL
4		 WIN
4		 ALT1
6		 ALT2
5		 IGL
9		 SIG
2

References
  1. "Marcus WYATT Skeleton - Beijing 2022 Olympics". results.beijing2022.cn.
  2. "IBSF | Standings".
  3. "GB's No.1 Wyatt targeting European skeleton medal". 16 January 2019.
  4. "Top-ten finishes for Laura Deas and Marcus Wyatt as British Skeleton athletes start World Cup campaign at Lake Placid | Team Bath". 8 December 2019.
  5. "Marcus Wyatt - BBSA".
  6. "Maiden podium finish for GB's Wyatt". 27 November 2020.


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