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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Eric Heiden, Shani Davis, Sheila Young, Chad Hedrick, Beth Heiden, Dave Cruikshank, Irving Jaffee, Trevor Marsicano, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen, Connie Paraskevin, Joey Cheek, Jonathan Kuck, Kit Klein, Judy Martz, Kip Carpenter, Brian Hansen, Justin Mentell, Leah Poulos, Chris Witty, KC Boutiette, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Dianne Holum, Jack Shea, Chantal Bailey, Anne Henning, Derek Parra, Ken Henry, Jennifer Rodriguez, Peter Mueller, Dan Immerfall, Ken Bartholomew, Tucker Fredricks, Joey Mantia, Anthony Lobello, Jr., Terry McDermott, Casey FitzRandolph, Dan Weinstein, Nancy Swider-Peltz, John Farrell, Kristine Holzer, Jeanne Ashworth, Valentine Bialas, Bill Disney, Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr, Mary Docter, Elli Ochowicz, Mitchell Whitmore, Charles Jewtraw, Allan Potts, Art Longsjo, Maria Lamb, Catherine Raney-Norman, Ryan Bedford, Heather Richardson, James Rodowsky, Eddie Murphy, Helen Bina, Dorothy Franey, Don McDermott, Kyle Uyehara, Margaret Crowley, Leo Freisinger, Eddie Schroeder, Delbert Lamb, Robert Fitzgerald, Nick Pearson, Jenny Fish, John Werket, Rebekah Bradford, Mary Meyers, Lauren Cholewinski, Sarah Docter, Robert Petersen, Bill Steinmetz, Bill Carow, Harry Kaskey, Joe Moore, Jilleanne Rookard, Raymond Murray, Richard Donovan, Herbert Taylor, Pat Seltsam, Edwin Wedge, Joe Donoghue. Excerpt: Shani Davis (pronounced; born August 13, 1982) is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete (from any nation) to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games (Speedskating, 1000 meters). He also won the silver in the 1,500 m. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, he duplicated the feat, becoming the first man to successfully defend the 1,000 m title, and repeating as 1,500 m silver...