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Sheila Young Ochowicz

Speedskater is the only U.S. woman with 3 medals at a single Winter Games

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Sheila Young won gold, silver and bronze medals in speedskating at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck.

Sheila Young Ochowicz won three medals in speedskating at the 1976 Innsbruck Games: a gold in the 500m, a silver in the 1500m and a bronze in the 1000m. Those feats made her the only American woman to win three medals at a single Winter Games. A two-sport athlete, the Detroit native also won world and U.S. titles in cycling.

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