Matt Hindle (born May 23, 1974 in

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) is a

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der who competed in the 1990s. Hindle won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Competing in two

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, He finished 11th in the four-man event at

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

. Since 2002, Hindle has been development coach for

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References

Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930Canadiansport.com information on the 2002-3 bobsleigh and skeleton team featuring Hindle as a coach
1974 births Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Canadian male bobsledders Living people Olympic bobsledders of Canada Sportspeople from Calgary {{Canada-bobsleigh-bio-stub