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 was 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.

[edit] See also

• List of famous Cuban-Americans.

[edit] External links

• Jen Rodriguez's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with features and photos
• Photos of Jennifer Rodriguez

[edit] References

• Yahoo! Sports Turin profile
• US Speedskating profile

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