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| Birth name | Brittany Starr Bowe[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 24, 1988 Ocala, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ryan Shimabukuro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has won eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships.[2] From her junior years, she has another 21 world championship medals.[2] She also has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games.[2]
In speed skating, she has specialized in the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters,[3] and she won the bronze medal on the 1000 meters distance in the 2013 World Single Distance Championships.[4] In the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the gold medal on the same distance,[5][6] as well as another gold medal in the 1500 meters,[7][8][9] and the silver medal in the 500 meters.[10][11] Two weeks later, she also won the 2015 World Sprint Championships, winning all four races along the way.[12] She has two bronze medals, from the 2018 and 2022 Olympics.
For her performance in the 1000 metres competition of the Single Distance Championships, Bowe was awarded the 2015 Oscar Mathisen Award.[13]
Bowe is the current world record holder on the 1000 meters distance,[14] and has previously held the 1500 metres world record,[15] on which distance she holds the American record.[16]
- ^ "Bowe-lieving in Brittany: Woman with Waterloo ties will go for gold in Sochi Olympics". Finger Lakes Times. February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Brittany Bowe". usspeedskating.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ "Brittany Bowe". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "Essent ISU World Single Distances Championships 2013 – Result 1000m Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 23 2013 2:18PM". International Skating Union. March 23, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "ISU World Single Distances Championships 2015 – Result 1000m Ladies – Rankings as of Feb 13 2015 6:44PM". International Skating Union. February 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "ISU World Single Distance Championships 2015 – Heerenveen (NED) Friday – Day 2". International Skating Union. February 13, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "ISU World Single Distances Championships 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies – Rankings as of Feb 15 2015 2:46PM". International Skating Union. February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Kulizhnikov (RUS) and Bowe (USA) take 500m and 1500 titles on final day in Thialf". International Skating Union. February 15, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Bowe wins 1,500 at worlds". ESPN. February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "ISU World Single Distances Championships 2015 – Result 500m Ladies – Rankings as of Feb 14 2015 3:24PM". International Skating Union. February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "ISU World Single Distance Championships 2015 – Heerenveen (NED) Saturday – Day 3". International Skating Union. February 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Bowe and Kulizhnikov clinch World Sprint title in style". International Skating Union. March 1, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ "Brittany Bowe wins the 2015 Oscar Award". US Speedskating. May 20, 2015. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "World Records". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ "National Records – United States (USA)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.