Pa. Native, Penn State Grad’s ‘Weird’ Path to Skeleton Stardom Leads to Olympic Debut in 2026 Games

Pa. native, Penn State grad’s ‘weird’ path to skeleton stardom leads to Olympic debut in 2026 Games

When Dan Barefoot grabs hold of his sled, toes the starting block and prepares to barrel head-first down Cortina’s sliding track at 80 miles per hour, he’ll think of all the people who helped him get there on what he could only joke has been a “weird” journey.

‘This is real’ | Penn State alum Dan Barefoot set to represent Team USA in skeleton

Penn State will be represented by several athletes in this month’s Olympic Winter Games, but few of them have a story quite as interesting as Dan Barefoot, who will be competing in skeleton, a winter sledding sport, for Team USA.