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Height
6'0"
Age
29
Hometown
Sanford, FL
Education
Florida State University
Quick Facts
- Position: Push Athlete
- Never competed in an ince sport during his youth or high school years
- Former Division 1 Lacrosse player at Mercer University
- Got into bobsled by winning Team USA's "Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful"
Biographical Information
Josh Williamson grew up in Florida and never competed in an ice sport during his youth or high school years. Williamson spent a year playing college lacrosse at Mercer University and he picked up the sport of bobsledding in 2017 when he won a reality competition, “The Next Olympic Hopeful.”
Williams would make his IBSF World Cup debut for the U.S. later that year. He excelled as a push athlete for U.S. bobsled team with multiple world cup podiums in four-man bobsled and a career-best fourth-place finish at the 2025 IBSF World Championships.
Williamson has overcome injuries in the past few seasons, including broken ribs and knee surgery, to make his second U.S. Olympic team for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 10th (4-Man Competition - Open)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2025 – 4th (4-Man Competition - Open), 9th (2-Man Competition - Men)
- Years of participation: 2-Man Competition - Men 2019, 2020, 2025; 4-Man Competition - Open 2019, 2020, 2025
- Top finish: 4th – 2025 (4-Man Competition - Open)
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