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Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.
More than two decades after her final Olympics, Bonnie Blair-Cruikshank is still involved with speedskating. Now she and her husband coach their daughter.
Pechstein, American Bonnie Blair, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands are the only speed skaters to win gold in the same event three times in a row. Andrea Schöne, who won a silver medal in 1976, is the youngest female athlete in an individual event to win a medal. [3]
Bonnie Blair is the only speed skater who achieved this feat twice. By contrast, there are five speed skaters who become World Sprint Champions without winning any of four distances – Ruth Schleiermacher from East Germany (1971), Monika Pflug from West Germany (1972), Leah Poulos from the United States (1974), Marianne Timmer from Netherlands ...
He is the husband of five-time Olympic gold medalist Bonnie Blair, [2] one of the top female speed skaters of her time and one of the most decorated female athletes in Olympic history. Blair and Cruikshank married at the ages of 32 and 27 respectively. [3]
Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Bonnie Blair: Speed skating: Women's 500 meters: February 10 Gold: Donna Weinbrecht: Freestyle skiing: Women's moguls: February 13
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The Blair's only daughter, Kathryn, followed her mother into the law, becoming a barrister after studying at King’s College London. In 2019 she married James Haslam in Sardinia.