Personal

Daughter of Charlie and Eleanor Blair...Youngest of six children...Joined the U.S. National Speedskating Team after graduating from high school...Roughly 30 members of her family traveled to the Olympic Winter Games Calgary 1988 to watch her compete, becoming known as the “Blair Bunch” by the media...Was the first American woman to win five Olympic gold medals...Named Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1994...Founded the Bonnie Blair Charitable Fund...Active supporter of the American Cancer Society and the Alzheimer’s Association...Mother to two children.

Olympic Experience

4-time Olympian; 6-time Olympic medalist (5 gold, 1 bronze)

Olympic Games Hamar 1994, gold (1000m - Women, 500m - Women), 4th (1500m - Women)
Olympic Games Albertville 1992, gold (1000m - Women, 500m - Women), 21th (1500m - Women)
Olympic Games Calgary 1988, gold (500m - Women), bronze (1000m - Women), 4th (1500m - Women)
Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984, 8th (500m - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 1995 – gold (Sprint Combination - Women)
Years of participation: Sprint Combination - Women 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; 3000m Relay - Women 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986; Overall - Women 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Medals: 14 (4 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

Gold – 1995 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1994 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1989 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1986 (Overall - Women)
Silver – 1993 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1992 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1990 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1987 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1985 (Overall - Women)
Bronze – 1988 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1986 (Sprint Combination - Women); 1984 (3000m Relay - Women, Overall - Women); 1983 (3000m Relay - Women)

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