Sheila Young Ochowicz
Speedskater is the only U.S. woman with 3 medals at a single Winter Games
![]() Robert Rider-rider / ASSOCIATED PRESS Sheila Young won gold, silver and bronze medals in speedskating at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck. |
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NBCSports.com
updated 2:43 p.m. ET June 8, 2009
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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