Corinne Stoddard (born August 15, 2001) is an American short track speed skater. She represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Corinne Stoddard
Personal information
NicknameCorie
Born (2001-08-15) August 15, 2001 (age 23)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportShort track speed skating
Medal record
Women's short-track speed skating
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rotterdam 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rotterdam 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rotterdam 2000 m mixed relay
Winter World University Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Lake Placid 3000 m relay
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Bormio 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Bormio 500 m

Career

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Stoddard competed at the 2019 Inline World Junior Championship, winning a gold medal in the 10K elimination race.[1] During the 2019–20 season, she won a bronze medal with the relay team in Shanghai, along with Maame Biney, Kristen Santos and Julie Letai. This was the United States' first World Cup medal in the event in eight years.[2]

She competed at the 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, where she won a silver medal in the 1000 metres and a bronze medal in the 500 metres.[3][4]

She represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5] She suffered a broken nose during the 500 metres event.[6][7]

She competed at the 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and won a bronze medal in the 1500 meters. Stoddard and Kristen Santos-Griswold became the first Americans to win a medal at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships since J. R. Celski in 2014 and the first American women to do so since Lana Gehring in 2012.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Olivia (August 19, 2019). "Federal Way skater becomes Junior Inline World Champion". Federal Way Mirror. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Keith, Alice W. (September 23, 2021). "Maame Biney and Kristen Santos lead the US Short Track World Cup team". speedskating.org. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Corinne Stoddard". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Reza, Rebecca (February 3, 2020). "Two medals for Corie Stoddard at the World Junior Short Track Championships". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Corinne Stoddard". olympics.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  6. ^ Weiner, Alex (February 6, 2022). "U.S. skater Corinne Stoddard suffers broken nose, cleared to keep competing". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Kudialis, Chris (February 6, 2022). "Federal Way short-track speedskater Corinne Stoddard crashes out of debut Olympic race". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "Kristen Santos-Griswold, Corinne Stoddard win first U.S. medals at short track worlds in decade". NBCsports.com. March 16, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
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