Jordan Malone

Jordan Malone, born on 20 April 1984, is an American short track speed skater who was a member of the United States Olympic team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and competed again at the 2014 Games in Sochi. He is from Denton, Texas, and studied mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before taking up ice he was an inline speed skater from the age of five, made his first world team in 2000, and left that sport with 8 junior and 6 senior world championship titles. He was the first male skater to qualify for both inline and short track world teams, in consecutive years, and won a men's relay gold medal at the 2009 short track World Championships.