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Bonnie Blair
Albertville, February 1992: Bonnie BLAIR, USA, during a training session. Credit: Getty Images/POWELL Mike Other names: BLAIR, Bonnie Kathleen Born: 18 March 1964 Birthplace: Cornwall (United States) Nationality: United States Sport: Skating ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 AWARDS Olympic medals: Gold: 5 Bronze: 1 Details Other results: World Championships Gold: 4 (86, 89, 94, 95) Silver: 5 (85, 87, 90, 92, 93) The Queen of Speed Skating Sprints Bonnie Blair began competing as a speedskater when she was four years old. At the 1988 Calgary Olympics, she watched as Christa Rothenburger broke the world record at 500m. Then Blair went out and bettered Rothenburger's time by two hundredths of a second to win her first gold medal. She also earned a bronze at 1 000m. In 1992 Blair defended her Olympic 500m championship and then took a third career gold medal at 1 000m. Her total margin of victory for these three wins was only 22 hundredths of a second. Two years later, Blair took part in her third Olympics. She repeated her victories at both 500m and 1 000m, but this time she won clearly, by 38 hundredths of a second at 500m and 1.38 seconds at 1 000m. The later was the largest margin in the event's history.
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