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Also Known As John Amos Shea
Born September 10, 1910 • Lake Placid • New York
Died January 22, 2002 (aged 91) • Saranac Lake • New York
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater
Dan Jansen
American speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater
Cathy Turner
American speed skater
Terry McDermott
American speed skater
Irving Jaffee
American speed skater
Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Speed skater and cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
East German speed skater and cyclist
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater

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