Katherine Reutter is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010–2011 overall ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup champion. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Reutter won silver in the 1000 m and bronze in the 3000 m relay. She has won one gold, two silvers, and four bronze medals at the World Championships, including overall silver medal at the 2011 World Championships. She has also won two bronze medals at the World Team Championships.
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About Katherine Reutter
American speed skater and coach who made her Olympic debut in 2010, winning bronze in the 3,000-meter relay and silver in the 1,000 meters. She won her first World Short Track Speed Skating Championship gold medal in 2011, doing so in the 1,500 meters.
Before Fame
She grew up in Champaign, Illinois and began training seriously in speed skating after meeting Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Bonnie Blair while in high school.
Achievement
She appeared on a December 2009 episode of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report in which host Stephen Colbert autographed her thigh.
Family Life
Her parents are Beth and Jay Reutter.
Associations
She and China's Wang Meng are both ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Champions.
Information related to Katherine Reutter
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in short track speed skating
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in short track speed skating
- Sportspeople from Champaign, Illinois
- Olympic short track speed skaters of the United States
- Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
