Chris Witty

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Women's Speed Skating
Olympic medalist
Chris Witty
Medal record
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	1,000 m
Silver	1998 Nagano	1,000 m
Bronze	1998 Nagano	1,500 m

Christine ("Chris") Diane Witty (born June 23, 1975 in West Allis, Wisconsin) is an American speed skater and cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating.

She is specialized in the short and middle distances, the 1,000 and 1,500 meters and won medals at these distances at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 2002 she achieved her biggest success; she won the olympic gold medal at the 1,000 meters in Salt Lake City, with a world record time.

In 1996 she became World Champion Sprint, in 1997 and 1998 she became second and in 2000 she became third.

In 1998 she won the gold medal at the World Single Distance Championships at the 1,000 meters, in 1996 the silver and in 2000 the bronze medal at the same distance.

In 2000 she placed fifth overall in the 500m cycling time trials at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, becoming only the ninth American ever to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

In 2006, she was elected by her teammates to carry the United States flag at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where she attempted to defend her title in speed skating, however she was unable to do so.

[edit] Personal records

500m	-	38.36
1,000m	-	1.13.83
1,500m	-	1.55.71
3,000m	-	4.22.57
5,000m	-	7.38.20

[edit] Achievements

1996 World Sprint Championships: gold
1996 World Single Distance Championships, 1000 m: silver
1997 World Sprint Championships: bronze
1998 World Sprint Championships: bronze
1998 Olympic Winter Games, 1000 m: silver
1998 Olympic Winter Games, 1500 m: bronze
1998 World Single Distance Championships, 1000 m: gold
2000 World Sprint Championships: bronze
2000 World Single Distance Championships, 1000 m: bronze
2002 Olympic Winter Games, 1000 m: gold

She competed in track cycling in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she placed 5th in the 500m time trial.

[edit] External links

Chris Witty at SkateResults.com
Official U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to 2 Q&As, 2 photo galleries
Photos of Chris Witty

Olympic champions in women's 1000 m speed skating
1960: Klara Guseva \| 1964: Lidia Skoblikova \| 1968: Carry Geijssen \| 1972: Monika Pflug \| 1976: Tatyana Averina \| 1980: Natalya Petruseva \| 1984: Karin Enke \| 1988: Christa Rothenburger \| 1992: Bonnie Blair \| 1994: Bonnie Blair \| 1998: Marianne Timmer \| 2002: Chris Witty \| 2006: Marianne Timmer