Jennifer Rodriguez
Personal information
Born (1976-06-08) June 8, 1976
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 place2002 Salt Lake City1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake City1500 m
World Sprint Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Salt Lake CitySprint
Bronze medal – third place2004 NaganoSprint
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 Berlin1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 Inzell1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 Seoul1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 Berlin1500 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.

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 m37.87November 18, 2005Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m1:14.05January 22, 2005Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:54.19December 12, 2009Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m4:04.99February 10, 2002Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m7:07.93December 22, 2001Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

See also

References

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


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