Leah Poulos-Mueller

Leah Poulos-Mueller, born Leah Jean Poulos on 5 October 1951, is an American retired speed skater who specialised in sprint events. She skated at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics and won three silver medals, one in 1976 and two in 1980, and she became World Sprint Champion in 1974 and again in 1979. As a girl she was a member of the Northbrook Speedskating Club in Illinois, which sent more than twenty skaters to the Olympic Games. Over twelve competitive years she collected more than 65 Olympic, world and international medals and titles. After retiring from competition she worked as a civil litigator and became senior partner of a Milwaukee law practice.