Jon Montgomery

About Jon Montgomery

Skeleten racer from Canada who won gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Later, he became the host of The Amazing Race Canada.

Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosting The Amazing Race Canada since 2013, he is best known in Canada for his spontaneous celebration after winning the gold medal in 2010, when he was caught on camera being handed a pitcher of beer by a fan while a crowd surrounding him cheered and sang O Canada. Writing for CBC in 2020, Montgomery stated "If the beer is all I'm ever remembered for, I consider myself the luckiest fella on Earth."

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Trivia

He won his first World Cup race in Cesana, Italy in 2008.

Jon Montgomery before fame

After a great performance in the 2009-10 Skeleten World Cup, he qualified for the 2010 Olympics.

Achievement of Jon Montgomery

In 2008, in Cesana, Italy, he won his first World Cup race.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jon Montgomery family life

Joan and Jill, his older sisters, both played competitive volleyball. In 2011, he married Darla Deschamps.

Associations of Jon Montgomery

He was born in Russell, Manitoba, the same town as former NHL player Theo Fleury.

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