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Carlo Valdes Highlight
If you’re not putting in the time and effort to get better each day, each year, you are just wasting your time and doing everyone a disservice by not becoming the best you can be...Put in the hard work day in and day out, and everything will take care of itself.
About Carlo
- Born and raised in Newport Beach, California.
- Has been passionate about sports ever since childhood—for most of his life, he was focused on playing football and doing track.
- Received football scholarships to Arizona State University and Washington State University, but turned them down due to unfavorable coaching changes.
- Attended UCLA and received a degree in history.
- While at UCLA, he played football his first year, then switched over to track, where he started doing the decathlon and later the javelin throw.
- After graduation, he was introduced to the sport of bobsled by a track teammate and was encouraged to try out for the U.S. men's bobsled team by his former coach, Mike Maynard.
- Made the team and has gone on to win multiple gold, silver, and bronze medals in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup.
- Competed in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games held in PyeongChang, South Korea.