Jennifer Rodriguez

For the mayor of Bell Gardens, California, see Jennifer Rodriguez (politician).
Jennifer Rodriguez
Personal information
Born (1976-06-08) June 8, 1976
Miami, Florida
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m
World Championships
2005 Salt Lake City Sprint
2003 Berlin 1000 m
2005 Inzell 1500 m
2004 Seoul 1500 m
2004 Nagano Sprint
2003 Berlin 1500 m

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 "dame cucita".

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.

Personal records[1]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 37.87 November 18, 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:14.05 January 22, 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:54.19 December 12, 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 4:04.99 February 10, 2002 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m 7:07.93 December 22, 2001 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jennifer Rodriguez". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.


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