Marcus Wyatt (skeleton racer)

Marcus Wyatt

Wyatt in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 34) [1] Honiton, Devon, Great Britain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Spouse	Imogen Wyatt (m. 2024)
Sport
Sport	Skeleton
Medal record Men's skeleton Representing   Great Britain World Championships 2025 Lake Placid Men European Championships 2024 Sigulda Men 2025 Lillehammer Men

Marcus Wyatt (born 14 December 1991) is a British skeleton racer. He won the 2024 IBSF European Championships, and finished runner-up at the 2025 World Championships.

Early life

Wyatt earned a degree in psychology from the University of Swansea. ^{[2] [3]} While at university, he competed for the American Football team Swansea Titans. ^[4]

Career

Wyatt first took up skeleton after the 2014 Winter Olympics when he participated in a talent identification programme called Power2Podium. He made his competitive debut at the North American Cup in March 2016, finishing fifth, and the following year made his World Cup debut in Igls, finishing tenth. He won a second-tier Intercontinental title at Igls in November 2018, and that year he travelled to the 2018 Winter Olympics as an observer - part of the British Olympic Associations Ambitions programme. ^[5]

Wyatt finished in sixth position in the overall standings of the 2018–19 Skeleton World Cup. For the 2019–20 Skeleton World Cup, Wyatt finished in eighth place in the final standings. ^[6]

In November 2020, during the 2020–21 Skeleton World Cup season, Wyatt finished third in the race in Sigulda, Latvia. It was the first time that a British male skeleton racer had recorded a World Cup podium finish since Dom Parsons' bronze medal at Calgary in 2013. ^[7]

Wyatt finished in 16th position in his Olympics debut in 2022. In November that year, Wyatt claimed his first ever World Cup gold medal after achieving victory in Whistler. ^[8] In the 2022–23 World Cup, Wyatt won a silver medal in Sigulda and ended the competition in overall third position. ^[9]

In the 2023–24 World Cup, Wyatt won a silver medal in Lake Placid and finished the series in overall fifth position. ^[10] At the 2024 World Championships, Wyatt set a new track record but ended up missing out on a medal by 0.01 seconds. ^[11] In February 2024, he became European champion in Sigulda. He finished 0.16 seconds ahead of international teammate Matt Weston. ^[12]

In the 2024–25 World Cup, Wyatt won back-to-back silver medals in Pyeongchang. ^[13] He later won bronze medals at subsequent meetings in the competition at Altenberg ^[14] and Lillehammer and ended the World Cup in overall second place behind Weston. ^[15] In the mixed team event, Wyatt won the meeting in Altenberg with teammate Tabitha Stoecker, ^[16] and the event in Lillehammer with Amelia Coltman. ^[17] He then won a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships after finishing 1.9 seconds behind Matt Weston. ^[18]

In December 2025, Wyatt won the 2025–26 World Cup event in Sigulda. ^[19] In the mixed team event, Wyatt, racing with Tabitha Stoecker, won back-to-back World Cup events in Cortina and Lillehammer. ^{[20] [21]}

Career results

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

Event	Men's skeleton	Mixed team
Representing   Great Britain
2019 Whistler	12th	—N/a
2020 Altenberg	10th
2021 Altenberg	12th
2023 St. Moritz	5th
2024 Winterberg	4th	4th
2025 Lake Placid	2nd	DSQ

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
2023–24	5th	1254	YAN 7	LPG 3	IGL 9	STM 12	LIL 31	SIG 2	ALT 7	LKP 2
2024–25	2nd	1557	PYE1 2	PYE2 2	YAN 4	ALT 3	SIG 1	WIN 8	STM 8	LIL 3

References

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2. "GB's No.1 Wyatt targeting European skeleton medal". Eurosport . 16 January 2019.
3. "Top-ten finishes for Laura Deas and Marcus Wyatt as British Skeleton athletes start World Cup campaign at Lake Placid &#124". Team Bath . 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022.
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6. "IBSF | Standings". Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
7. "Maiden podium finish for GB's Wyatt". BBC Sport . 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
8. "Skeleton World Cup: Marcus Wyatt wins first gold and Brogan Crowley claims first medal". BBC Sport. 25 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
9. "Skeleton World Cup: Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt win overall silver and bronze". BBC Sport . 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
10. "Matt Weston: Briton wins overall World Cup in men's skeleton". BBC Sport. 22 March 2024. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
11. "Great Britain's Matt Weston wins silver at skeleton World Championships". BBC Sport . 24 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
12. "Marcus Wyatt wins European gold in men's skeleton from Matt Weston". BBC Sport. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
13. "Tarbit adds to GB skeleton World Cup gold rush". BBC Sport . 17 November 2024. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
14. "Men's Skeleton: Altenberg (GER)" (PDF). IBSF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
15. "GB's Weston defends men's World Cup skeleton title". BBC Sport . 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
16. "GB's Stoecker & Wyatt win mixed skeleton gold". BBC Sport . 7 December 2024. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
17. "British Team Amelia Coltman/Marcus Wyatt Wins Skeleton Mixed World Cup in Lillehammer". IBSF. 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
18. Collins, Ben (7 March 2025). "Weston wins second skeleton Worlds gold in GB one-two". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
19. McKenna, Lorraine (19 December 2025). "Wyatt beats GB team-mate Weston to World Cup gold". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
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