William Joseph Cheek is an American speed skater and former inline speed skater. He specializes in the short and middle distances. Cheek's breakthrough was in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. During that tournament he won the bronze medal in the 1,000 meters and he missed the podium in the 1,500 meters by 0.08 seconds. He won a bronze medal at the World Single Distance Championships in Berlin in the 1,000 and the 1,500 meter events. Cheek made the podium for the first time in the World Sprint Championships. In Heerenveen, Joey Cheek fulfilled his potential when he became world sprint champion. At the Winter Olympics in Turin, Cheek won the men's 500-meter event in dominating style, recording a two-run total time of 1:09.76. That time was 0.65 seconds faster than runner-up and Cheek was the only competitor to break the 35-second mark in the competition. Cheek's time in the first 500m race is an unofficial world record, for the fastest 500m ever at an ice rink at sea level. He went on to win silver in the 1,000 meter race. At a press conference after the Olympic 500 meter race, Cheek said that he decided to donate his USOC gold medal bonus ($25,000) to Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization formed by former Olympic champion Johann Olav Koss of Norway. Joey challenged others to make similar pledges to Right To Play. He subsequently donated his prize money from the 1,000 meter race ($15,000) to the same organization. He was elected by his teammates to carry the US flag into the closing ceremonies. Near the end of NBC's coverage of the closing ceremonies, commentator Bob Costas noted that Cheek's application to Harvard University had not been accepted and lobbied the Dean of Admissions to reconsider the decision. Joey Cheek is attending Princeton University after also being accepted by Stanford and Yale, among other universities..

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