Jennifer Rodriguez
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
 Jennifer Rodriguez |
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| Women's speed skating | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 1000 m |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 1500 m |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2005 Salt Lake City | Sprint |
| Silver | 2003 Berlin | 1000 m |
| Bronze | 2005 Inzell | 1500 m |
| Bronze | 2004 Seoul | 1500 m |
| Bronze | 2004 Nagano | Sprint |
| Bronze | 2003 Berlin | 1500 m |
Jennifer Rodriguez (born June 8, 1976 in Miami, FL) is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993. Her inline speed coach was Bob Manning.
In 1996 she made another career move by giving it a try on ice, in order to have a chance to make the Olympic Team. This was a success, and she participated in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals in Salt Lake City in 2002. She is also known by the nicknames Miami Ice and J-Rod "dame cucita".
She was married to American speed skater KC Boutiette, who was the first to switch from inline speed skating to ice skating and motivated Rodriguez to do the same.
| Personal records | ||||
| Women's speed skating | ||||
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 37.87 | 2005-11-19 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| 1000 m | 1:14.05 | 2003-12-12 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| 1500 m | 1:54.61 | 2005-11-20 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| 3000 m | 4:04.99 | February 10, 2002 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| 5000 m | 7:07.93 | December 22, 2001 | Salt Lake City, Utah | |
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- Jen Rodriguez's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with features and photos
- ISU profile
[edit] External links
- Photos of Jennifer Rodriguez
- Yahoo! Sports Turin profile
- US Speedskating profile
- "The Concierge Questionnaire-Jennifer Rodriguez Interview"
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters of the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
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