Wilf O'Reilly
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Wilf O'Reilly is a former British speed skater. He won two gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, but was denied full Olympic acclamation because shorttrack skating was just a demonstration event that year.
He had a disastrous 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer where he crashed out of both the 500m and 1000m events, protesting about being forced to race with a damaged blade. Wilf won the world championship in Sydney in 1991. He was awarded the MBE in 1997. He is currently a member of the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Management Commission.
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