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Matt Hand

AKA People's Champ

AGE 35

HEIGHT 6' 1"

WEIGHT 290

HOME TOWN Belmont NY

YEARS THROWING 17 years

HOW DID YOU START IN HIGHLAND GANES? As a family we watched a games at a living history museum near Rochester NY, I fell in love with the sport as a kid.

ATHLETIC BACKGROUND

FAVORITE EVENT Sheaf

PR IN FAVORITE EVENT 32'

GAME ACCOLADES 2015 East Coast Champion
2018 Royal Highland Games Champion
2 Time North-South Champ

FUNNY/UNIQUE HIGHLAND GAMES STORY In 2018 when I competed in Scotland, I got to have a whiskey and crack jokes with Prince Charles.

Matt Hand
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