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Sheila Young

1950 - Today

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Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz (born October 14, 1950) is a retired American speed skater and track cyclist. She won three world titles in each of these sports, twice in the same year (in 1973 and 1976). In 1976, she also became the first American athlete to win three medals at one Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheila Young is the 140th most popular skater (up from 145th in 2019), the 10,554th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,991st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sheila Young ranks 140 out of 483. Before her are Kurt Oppelt, Ethel Muckelt, Carry Geijssen, Montgomery Wilson, Tatiana Navka, and Sigurd Moen. After her are Peggy Fleming, Annie Borckink, Surya Bonaly, John Curry, Dorothy Hamill, and Johann Olav Koss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Sheila Young ranks 570. Before her are Theresa Kachindamoto, Eugene H. Trinh, Hans-Werner Gessmann, Michael Swanwick, Christiane Krause, and Micky Moody. After her are Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Chen Chu, Eddie Hazel, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, Rolf Rüssmann, and Harriet Harman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sheila Young ranks 10,556 out of 20,380. Before her are Edward James Roye (1815), Judah Folkman (1933), Kevin Von Erich (1957), Walter Mirisch (1921), Eddie Condon (1905), and Sally Menke (1953). After her are Walter Winchell (1897), William Glackens (1870), Brad Wilk (1968), Peggy Fleming (1948), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Thelma Kalama (1931).

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Among SKATERS In United States

Among skaters born in United States, Sheila Young ranks 14. Before her are Nancy Kerrigan (1969), Carol Heiss (1940), Jeanne Ashworth (1938), David Jenkins (1936), Terry McDermott (1940), and Beatrix Loughran (1900). After her are Peggy Fleming (1948), Dorothy Hamill (1956), Tenley Albright (1935), Theresa Weld (1893), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), and James Grogan (1931).

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