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Jennifer Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez

American speed skater

For the mayor of Bell Gardens, California, see Jennifer Rodriguez (politician).
For the high jumper, see Jennifer Rodríguez.

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.

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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.

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


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