Apolo Ohno Biography

Apolo Anton Ohno is one of the most popular athletes in recent Winter Olympics history. He won eight medals in short track speed skating at the Olympics. Ohno competed at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Games. He began training full-time in 1996. Ohno became the youngest national champion ever a year later at the age of 14. He was the reigning champion from 2001-09. Ohno was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003 and 2005. He won an overall World Championship in 2008 and was a 21-time medalist at Worlds. Ohno was the 2003 U.S. Speedskating Athlete of the Year. He was a finalist for the Sullivan Award in 2002, 2003 and 2006. He has gone on to become a popular speaker, television personality and corporate endorser. Ohno won the hit reality series Dancing with the Stars in 2007. He served as a commentator for NBC's coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics. 

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