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Born May 22, 1982 (age 42) • Seattle • Washington
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games

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Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
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Yang Yang
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Dianne Holum
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Dan Jansen
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Bonnie Blair
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Karin Enke
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Clas Thunberg
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Cathy Turner
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Norwegian speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
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Christa Luding-Rothenburger
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Johann Olav Koss
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Ivar Ballangrud
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