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Erin Jackson
Erin Jackson has made history at the age of 29 by becoming the first black woman to win individual gold in a Winter Olympic Games. She did it in the 500 meter test, the star test of speed ice skating.
The young American, number 1 in the world skating ranking, beat the Japanese Takagi already the russian Golikova, who is the current world champion. A feat to keep in mind when we are talking about a Jackson who went from inline roller skating to ice. His dream was to participate in the Winter Olympics and it turned out that he ended up getting a gold medal.
Erin Jackson’s story is one of constant improvement. Her qualification for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics was achieved training with borrowed skates for several monthsbut once in Korea things did not go as expected and he finished in 24th position. In Beijing 2022 the thorn was more than removed… although it was not easy.
In the trials United States, Jackson had a slip that left her out of the Games, but her friend Brittany Bowe he relinquished his post to Peking. She is now the first black skater to win a world Cup She can also boast of being the first black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold.