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.

Jennifer Rodriguez
Personal information
Born (1976-06-08) June 8, 1976 (age 48)
Miami, Florida
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Salt Lake City Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Nagano Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Berlin 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Inzell 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Seoul 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Berlin 1500 m

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.

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

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References

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