Catherine Raney-Norman

Catherine Raney Norman
Catherine Raney Norman at the back with Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr making way for Jennifer Rodriguez in a Team Pursuit event in 2009.
Personal information
Birth nameCatherine Raney
BornJune 20, 1980 (1980-06-20) (age 44)
Nashville, Tennessee
SpouseMarc Norman
Sport
Country United States
SportSpeed skating

Catherine Raney Norman (born June 20, 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a four-time Olympic speed skater from Elm Grove, Wisconsin who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as chair of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is seeking to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to Utah in 2030 or 2034.[1]

Raney Norman won the U.S. Allround Championship six times and held three U.S. records.[2] She was the silver medalist in the 1999 World Junior Championships in all around.[3] She was inducted into the U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 2018.[4]

Since retiring from speed skating, she has focused on service to Olympic and Paralympic sport. In 2012, she was appointed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert as an athlete member of an exploratory committee to investigate a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games for the state.[5] In February, 2020, she was named to the inaugural Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games as an athlete board member and co-chair of the Athletes' Advisory Committee with Paralympian Chris Waddell.[6] She is vice chair of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation (formerly known at Utah Athletic Foundation), where she joined as a board member in 2011.[7] She was named to chair the committee on June 9, 2021.[8]

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 41.05 2005-12-27 Salt Lake City, Utah
1000 m 1:19.08 2005-12-31 Salt Lake City, Utah
1500 m 1:57.34 2005-12-30 Salt Lake City, Utah
3000 m 4:01.98 2005-11-18 Calgary
5000 m 6:56.91 2005-12-28 Salt Lake City, Utah
10000 m 14:56.12 2005-12-31 Calgary

References

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  1. ^ "Olympian Raney-Norman named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bid". 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Catherine Raney-Norman". 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Catherine Raney Norman".
  4. ^ "Catherine Raney-Norman". 13 June 2019.
  5. ^ "The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah News, Sports, Religion & Entertainment".
  6. ^ "Utah Sports Commission - Committee Named to Prepare for Future Olympic, Paralympic Bid".
  7. ^ "Board of Directors".
  8. ^ "Olympian Raney-Norman named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bid". 9 June 2021.