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Jennifer Rodriguez: 1976—: Olympic Speed Skater Biography - Turned To Ice Skating From Roller Skating, Competed In Nagano Olympics, Salt Lake City Olympics

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Jennifer Rodriguez: 1976—: Olympic speed skater.



Jennifer Rodriguez was the first Hispanic-American to win a medal in the Winter Olympic Games. She first won acclaim as an in-line skater before switching to ice speed-skating. She competed in the 1998 Nagano Olympics and at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. In Salt Lake City, she won two bronze medals.


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Jennifer Rodriguez: 1976—: Olympic Speed Skater - Turned To Ice Skating From Roller Skating

The daughter of a Cuban father and an American mother, Jennifer Rodriguez grew up in Miami, Florida. Her father, Joe Rodriguez, left Cuba as a young teen in the early 1960s in order to make a fresh start in the United States. Jennifer began roller skating as a young girl, and when she was 16, she won five gold medals and a bronze medal at the 1992 Junior World Championships. She is the only roller…

Jennifer Rodriguez: 1976—: Olympic Speed Skater - Competed In Nagano Olympics

By 1998 Rodriguez had improved enough to compete at the Nagano Olympics. Coach Tom Cushman told the Houston Chronicle, "She shocked the speedskating world." Rodriguez was only the second woman ever to compete in four Olympic speedskating events, and she finished in the top ten in three of them. In the 3,000 meters she came in fourth, just missing the bronze medal. She was the first A…

Jennifer Rodriguez: 1976—: Olympic Speed Skater - Salt Lake City Olympics

At the Salt Lake City Olympics, Rodriguez came in seventh in the 3,000 meters and won a bronze in the 1,000 meters even though she slipped in the final turn. In the 1,500 meters she won another bronze medal, though she did become tired in the last lap. The race was difficult because of the high altitude and because the ice was somewhat mushy and slow. Rodriguez told Sports Illustrated For Kids tha…

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