Patrick Antaki

Patrick Antaki ( born May 26, 1964 in Cairo ) is a Lebanese Skeleton athletes.

Patrick Antaki made ​​1984 his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2002, he followed on television the Olympic competitions in the skeleton and even began the same year with the training. In his first race in the Skeleton America's Cup in November 2002, he did not reach the goal in Lake Placid after a fall. A month later he was in Calgary 30 There were other races in the America's Cup, the European Cup and the Challenge Cup. The first highlight was the Skeleton World Championships in 2003 in Nagano, where Antaki 26th and last was. Until 2006, he continued to participate regularly in this race series. Best result was the America's Cup an accomplished in Park City in December 2004, 17th place, in the European Cup was a 25th place in December 2005 in Koenigssee best result. In the Challenge Cup he could reach several top ten results. In 2005 he organized the Lebanese Skeleton Championship in Calgary he won the title as the only starter in his country. Last major event and End of career were the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, where he was managed by unqualified Dutchman Peter van Wees. At the climax and the goal of his career Antaki was 27 and thus last. The naturalized U.S. citizen living in Dallas.