Bonnie Blair



Bonnie Kathleen Blair ( Cornwall , March 181964 ) is a former Americanskater short distances.

Blair was born in Cornwall , New York, but grew up in Champaign , Illinois . After she finished her high school she moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin, to join. skating team at the American

For the first time she participated in the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984 . They did not win a medal (s), but they had a lot of talent was already clear then. At the Games of 1988 inCalgary, she won the gold medal in the 500 meters in a world record time of 39.10, and a bronze medal in the 1000 meters.

In 1992 Blair won at the Games in Albertville both the 500 and 1000 meters. That year she was the first skater to the Oscar Mathisen trophy was given. Because the International Olympic Committee in 1986 decided the Summer and Winter Games no longer hold the same year Blair had been in 1994, during the Games of Lillehammer crown her career. They did so by again winning in both sprint distances.

Blair thus became the first American athlete, who won five gold medals. Until 1995 Blair continued skating. In February of that year she was the first woman ever to be the limit of 39 seconds broke the 500 meters: 38.99.

Her two appearances at the World Allround Championships in 1985 and 1986 she held two bronze medals on, captured in the 500 meters.



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 * 2.1 Medal Table
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