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Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Apolo Anton Ohno

American speed skater
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May 22, 1982, Seattle, Washington, U.S. (age 42)
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Winter Olympic Games

Apolo Anton Ohno (born May 22, 1982, Seattle, Washington, U.S.) is an American short-track speed skater who was the most-decorated American athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics. In three Games (2002, 2006, and 2010) he accumulated a total of eight medals—two gold, two silver, and four bronze. Ohno’s Japanese-born father encouraged him from an early age to participate in sports. (He had no contact with his American mother.) He experienced success in competitive swimming and in-line roller skating before taking up short-track speed skating at the age of 12. His talent on the ice was recognized almost immediately, ...(100 of 471 words)

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