Jessica Smith (speed skater)

Jessica Lynn Smith ( born October 14, 1983 in Dearborn ) is an American Shorttrackerin and former inline Speedskaterin.

She was already at the age of only two years, for the first time on skates. At 15, she was accepted into the national team. She won between 1998 and 2007 a ​​total of twelve titles at World Championships, 13 titles at Junior World Championships and a gold medal at the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, Smith was then taken to the Wheels -to -Ice program of the American Association to fulfill her dream of an Olympic participation in short track speed skating.

Smith debuted in February 2009 at the World Cup and reached the same season a third. She participated in the 2009 World Championships in Vienna and reached in the all around rank 15 and with the season fourth. In the World Team Championships in Heerenveen, she won bronze. In the following season 2009/10 she finally reached over 1000 m her first podium finish in singles. You could be our internal team to qualify for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. In the season 2010/11 they won in the relay for the first time a World Cup race. In the World Team Championships in Warsaw she won bronze again. In the season 2011/12 Smith reached the first World Cup race in Salt Lake City for the first time over 500 m podium. More podiums, she won over 500 m and with the relay in Shanghai. In Moscow, she missed more than 1500 m in fourth another podium finish, however, scarce. At the World Championships in Shanghai Smith could each reach the semifinals over 1000 m and 1500 m. However, they celebrated their biggest success in the relay, with which she won the silver medal. It was at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 1000 m and 1500 m Fourth Seventh. In the 2014 World Cup in Montreal she won over 3000 meters silver medal in the super final.