Jennifer Rodriguez

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Medal record
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m
World Championships
Silver 2003 1000 m
Bronze 2003 1500 m
Bronze 2004 Seoul 1500 m
Bronze 2005 Inzell 1500 m
Gold 2005 Salt Lake City Sprint

Jennifer Rodriguez (born June 8, 1976 in Miami, FL) is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993. Her inline speed coach was Bob Manning.

In 1996 she made another career move by giving it a try on ice, in order to have a chance to make the Olympic Team. This was a success, and she participated in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals in Salt Lake City in 2002. Her nickname is Miami Ice.

She is married to American speed skater KC Boutiette, who was the first to switch from inline speed skating to ice skating and motivated Rodriguez to do the same.

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Distance Time Date Location Notes
500 m 37.87 2005-11-19 Salt Lake City, Utah
1000 m 1:14.05 2003-12-12 Salt Lake City, Utah
1500 m 1:54.61 2005-11-20 Salt Lake City, Utah
3000 m 4:04.99 February 10, 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah
5000 m 7:07.93 December 22, 2001 Salt Lake City, Utah

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