Apolo Ohno Biography

Three-time Olympian Apolo Ohno has been the top short-track skater in the United States since 2001 when he became the first American to win the overall World Cup for the 2000-01 season. Ohno since has won the overall title twice more in 2003 and 2005. He also has won six Olympic medals including two gold breaking speed skater Eric Heiden's record for the most career winter medals by a U.S. man. Ohno has at least one medal in each of the Olympic distances: gold in the 500m; silver and bronze in the 1000m; gold and silver in the 1500m; and bronze in the 5000m relay. Ohno has won every national title since 2001 earning his 10th consecutive win in September 2009 and has 12 overall national titles.
Ohno again qualified to skate all three individual events in Vancouver by winning each at the Olympic trials and defending his national title. Ohno also will skate on the 5000m relay giving him four chances at a medal. It feels really good Ohno said of qualifying for his third Olympic team. We have a very very strong team. In Vancouver Ohno will be competing about three hours from his hometown of Seattle.
Ohno became interested in short track at age 12 while watching the 1994 Lillehammer Games. Despite his late start it took Ohno only two years to become the best short-track skater in the United States. At 14 after training under Pat Wetland in Lake Placid for just six months Ohno claimed his first overall title at the U.S. Championships becoming the youngest national champion ever. Ohno's success made him a likely candidate to make the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team but he struggled with his fitness after leaving the Lake Placid training center and finished 16th at the Olympic Trials.

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