Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.

Bonne Blair began competing as a speed skater when she was four years old. A new record and a gold medal. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, she watched as Christa Rothenburger broke the world record at 500m. Then she went out and bettered Rothenburger's time by two hundredths of a second to win her first gold medal.

Bonnie Blair (born March 18, 1964, Cornwall, New York, U.S.) is an American speed skater who was one of the leading competitors in the sport. She dominated the sprint events at three Olympic Games (1988, 1992, and 1994), winning five gold medals and one bronze.

Blair made her Olympic debut at the 1984 Sarajevo Games, finishing eighth in the 500 meters. At the time, Blair trained in both short-track and long-track speedskating. She won the 1986 short-track world championship. Blair returned to the 1988 Winter Olympics in …

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American Bonnie Blair is the only woman to have won an Olympic speed skating event at three successive Games with victories in the 500 metres in 1988, 1992 and 1994. She also won the 1,000 metres in 1992 and 1994 after taking the bronze in 1988, and her total of five speed skating gold medals has only been bettered by the Russian Lidiya Skoblikova.

The first American woman to win five Olympic gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games, speedskater Bonnie Blair dominated the sprint events of long track speedskating across three Games. Born in Cornwall, New York, Blair began entering races at just 4 years old.

When Bonnie won her gold medal in the 500m at Albertville in 1992, she was the first speed skater, male or female, to win 3 successive events at the Olympics. In 1994 she finished her 1,000m race .36 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, a margin that was the greatest in that event up to that time.

2018年5月18日 · Speed skating champion Bonnie Blair (born 1964) is the most highly decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with six medals. She holds five gold medals, for the 500-meter and 1,000-meter events, as well as a bronze medal for the 1,000-meter event.

First American woman in any sport to win gold medals in consecutive Winter Olympics; first American speedskater to win gold medals in more than one Olympics; most decorated American Winter Olympian of all time, winning five gold medals and one bronze in three Olympics.