Sheila Young

Sheila Young is a retired American speed skater and track cyclist, born on 14 October 1950, who won three world titles in each sport, twice in the same year, in 1973 and 1976. At the 1976 Winter Olympics she won a medal of each colour in speed skating, making her the first American to win three medals at a single Winter Games. She grew up in a cycling and skating family that moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she graduated from Denby High School in 1968. Her 1973 world sprint title was the first for an American woman, and the United States Olympic Committee named her Sportswoman of the Year in 1976 and 1981. She married cyclist Jim Ochowicz, and their daughter Elli Ochowicz also became an Olympic speed skater.