Evan Weinstock


Evan Weinstock is an American Olympic bobsledder.

Early life

Weinstock was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. His father, Arnold Weinstock, is Jewish. His mother was not. He told Jewish Sports Review that he was raised without a faith, but he had no problem being identified as a Jewish athlete.

High school football

He played high school football as a wide receiver/safety and was the Nevada 4A Football Player of the Year at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. He became involved in bobsledding by virtue of his participation in the decathlon. His football career ended in high school with a torn labrum that he suffered on a running play.

College, decathlon, pentathlon, and heptathlon

At Brown University, where he majored in Biology, Weinstock set the university record in the decathlon, is second in university history in the pentathlon, and was a four-time Ivy League champion.

Bobsled career

At the IBSF 2016 Bobsled World Championship Team Event with pilot Justin Olsen, he came in 10th in Igls, Austria. At the IBSF 2017 World Championship in Koenigssee, Germany, 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 2018 Winter Olympics. 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.