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Also Known As Yang Yang (A)
Born August 24, 1975 (age 49) • China
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Dan Jansen
American speed skater
Knut Johannesen
Norwegian speed skater
Speed skater and cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
East German speed skater and cyclist
Karin Enke
German skater
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Cathy Turner
American speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Shani Davis
Shani Davis
American athlete
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Terry McDermott
American speed skater
Ard Schenk
Dutch speed skater
Armin Zöggeler
Italian luger

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