Brittany Bowe

Brittany Bowe is an American speed skater who also competed as an inline skater and a basketball player. Born on 24 February 1988, she specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres on the ice. At the 2015 World Single Distance Championships she won gold in the 1000 metres and the 1500 metres and silver in the 500 metres, and two weeks later she won the 2015 World Sprint Championships by winning all four races. She holds Olympic bronze medals from 2018 and 2022, was awarded the 2015 Oscar Mathisen Award for her 1000 metres performance, and her article names her as the current world record holder at 1000 metres and the American record holder at 1500 metres. As an inline skater she won eight gold medals at the world championships.