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Height
5'10"
Age
34
Hometown
Bethel, ME
Education
University of Maine
Quick Facts
- Position: Pilot
- Maine high school state champion in alpine skiing
Biographical Information
Frank Del Duca moved around growing up between Florida, South Carolina, and Maine. He became a Maine high school state champion in alpine skiing and walked on to the University of Maine track and field team, specializing in sprints and the long jump.
After college, Del Duca attended a bobsled combine and joined the U.S. Bobsled team as a push athlete. After not making the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team, Del Duca moved from a push athlete to his pilot and would make his first U.S. Olympic team at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
At the 2025 IBSF World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, Del Duca piloted his team to a fourth-place finish in two-man and four-man bobsled events on his home track.
Del Duca is also part of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) and a sergeant in the U.S. Army stationed in Lake Placid.
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 13th (2-Man Competition - Men, 4-Man Competition - Open)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2025 – 4th (2-Man Competition - Men, 4-Man Competition - Open)
- Years of participation: 2-Man Competition - Men 2023, 2024, 2025; 4-Man Competition - Open 2016, 2017, 2024, 2025
- Top finish: 4th – 2025 (2-Man Competition - Men), 2025 (4-Man Competition - Open)
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