Lincoln DeWitt is an American

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 skeleton racer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships

FIBT World Championships 2001

The FIBT World Championships 2001 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Calgary, Alberta, Canada...

 in Calgary

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A native of Syracuse, New York

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, DeWitt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 with an economics

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 degree. He also finished fifth in the men's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

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 in Salt Lake City.

DeWitt also won the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title in 2000-1.