Jennifer Rodriguez
Jennifer Rodriguez (born June 8, 1976) is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993. Her inline speed coach was Bob Manning.
In 1996 she made another career move by giving it a try on ice, in order to have a chance to make the Olympic team. This was a success, and she participated in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals in Salt Lake City in 2002. She is also known by the nicknames Miami Ice and J-Rod.
She was previously married to American speed skater K. C. Boutiette, who was the first to switch from inline speed skating to ice skating and motivated Rodriguez to do the same.
See also
- List of Cuban Americans
References
- Jen Rodriguez's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with features and photos
- ISU profile
- US Speedskating profile
- Yahoo! Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived October 10, 2012)
External links
- Photos of Jennifer Rodriguez at the Wayback Machine (archived May 14, 2005)
- "The Concierge Questionnaire-Jennifer Rodriguez Interview"