Patrick Antaki
Patrick Antaki (born May 6, 1964) is a Lebanese Olympic sportsman. He is also American-naturalized skeleton racer who competed for Lebanon from 2002 to 2006. He finished 27th and last in the men's skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Antaki's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 26th in the men's skeleton event at Nagano in 2003
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Antaki earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. He became interested in skeleton after watching the skeleton events on television at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He lived in Dallas, Texas at the time of the 2006 games in Turin.
References
- 2006 men's skeleton results
- FIBT profile
- MIT Alumni Association story on Antaki after the 2006 Winter Olympics Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Skeletonsport.com profile Archived 2005-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2006)
Categories:
- 1964 births
- American people of Lebanese descent
- Lebanese male skeleton racers
- Living people
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- Sportspeople from Dallas
- Sportspeople from Cairo
- Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic skeleton racers for Lebanon
- Lebanese male judoka
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Asian judo biography stubs
- Lebanese martial arts biography stubs
- Skeleton racing biography stubs