1. Brittany Starr Bowe was born on February 24,1988 and is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player.
15 Facts About Brittany Bowe
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Brittany Bowe has won eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships.
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Brittany Bowe has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Brittany Bowe has two bronze medals, from the 2018 and 2022 Olympics.
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Brittany Bowe is the current world record holder in the 1000 meters distance, and has previously held the 1500 meters world record, in which distance she holds the American record.
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Brittany Bowe was born in Ocala, Florida, to Michael and Deborah Brittany Bowe, and grew up practicing several sports from an early age, including basketball and soccer.
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Brittany Bowe attended the Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, and then Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where she played basketball for the Florida Atlantic Owls.
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Brittany Bowe graduated in 2010, majoring in sociology and social science.
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Brittany Bowe has shared that she is a lesbian and began dating ice hockey player Hilary Knight in 2022.
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In 1996, at the age of 8, Brittany Bowe tried inline skating.
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Brittany Bowe competed at increasingly higher levels, ultimately participating in world championships from 2002 to 2008, where she won 32 medals altogether, 11 of which came in senior championships.
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Brittany Bowe soon enjoyed success, and on January 19 and 20,2013, she earned her first podium placings in the ISU Speed Skating World Cup, finishing third in both races over the 1000 metres distance at the World Cup stop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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On March 23,2013, Brittany Bowe won her first world championship medal in speed skating, a bronze, in the women's 1000 metres distance of the World Single Distance Championships, finishing behind Olga Fatkulina of Russia and Ireen Wust of the Netherlands.
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On November 17,2013, Brittany Bowe set a new world record on 1000 meters with a time of 1:12.58 in the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City.
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The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was somewhat of a disappointment, with Brittany Bowe finishing 13th in the 500 metres, 8th in the 1000 metres, and 14th in the 1500 metres.