  Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 432 Registered: 06-2005 |
Speedskater and former Detroiter Sheila Young is a candidate for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 2008. You can vote for her here. http://www.usolympichalloffame .com/?page_id=28 If you go to that link you can read her bio and watch a short video on her accomplishments. Here's some additional information from the Detroit News: In 1973 Sheila Young was the fastest woman in the world. She held world titles in speedskating and cycling. "I love the feeling of going fast," she said in a 1973 interview. Born in Birmingham, Michigan in 1950, she and her family moved to Detroit where Sheila graduated from Denby High School. Her parents, Clair and Georgia Young, had competed in both speedskating and cycling and encouraged Sheila and their other children -- Susan, Roger and Jamie -- to do the same. Sheila could skate at age 2, and ride a two-wheeler without training wheels at 4. Sheila's mother died of cancer in 1962 and her father took over her training. They skated at Quarton Lake in Birmingham and on the frozen canals on Belle Isle. Sheila missed making the U.S. Olympic skating team in 1972 by less than a second. She came back with a vengance in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria, and took gold, silver and bronze medals becoming the first American to win three medals in the Winter Games. After the games she went on a tour of the Alpine countryside with her fiance, and later husband, Olympic cyclist James Ochowicz of Milwaukee. In 1981 after coming out of retirement she was named American Sportswoman of the Year by The Olympian, the U.S. Olympic Committee publication. She also made the cover of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. But she chose motherhood over the competition and retired again. | ||
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 434 Registered: 06-2005 |
No discussion? She went to Denby... | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 1062 Registered: 11-2003 |
I voted but it's kind of a lame HOF. People are elected by on-line voting? Plus there was something about it being dormant for 12 years with no one being elected. Sounds like they had a hard time finding a sponsor. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 406 Registered: 09-2007 |
World-Class Act 100%: Olympic Gold Medalist, Sheila Young. Sheila's husband Jim, and daughter Elli Ochowicz are both World-Class athletes. GO DENBY TARS! | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 7231 Registered: 11-2004 |
I'm in kind of agreement with Rjk here. For all of the hard work and dedication that those people have put into their training to represent our country, ALL of them should be in some sort of Hall of Fame- not just an elected few. | ||
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 436 Registered: 06-2005 |
Maybe it's like the Fun Center vote and everyone gets in. ;) |
