Name: Dan Barefoot

Sport: Skeleton

DOB: 6/4/1990

Hometown: Johnstown, Pa.

Other Career Highlights

• 2017-2018 North American Cup - 17th in Calgary #2 (11/17); 27th in Park City #2 (11/17); 12th in Lake Placid #1 (1/18); 7th in Lake Placid #2 (1/18)

Personal: Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania, he grew up playing baseball, hunting, and fly fishing....Oldest of three kids, with a younger sister Erin and brother David....An avid inventor and woodworker, making everything from longbows to kitchen utensils, and knives to turkey calls. Check out his craft at Instinctively Subtle on Facebook....After skeleton, he wants to grow a business around his product designs....Received his first Patent Pending while in high school....His grandfather always reminded him, “Knowing what other people have done from reading a book does not make you smart; you are only smart when other people write a book about what you have done.”