Susan Auch

Olympic medal record
Women's Speed skating
1994 Lillehamer 500m
1998 Nagano 500m
Women's Short track speed skating
1988 Calgary 3000m relay

Susan Auch (born March 1, 1966) is a speed skater who competed in several Winter Olympics games, winning the bronze in the 3000m relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the silver in the 500 m events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan. In 1999, Auch announced her retirement from competition, but changed her mind and competed in a fifth Winter Olympics, the 2002 games at Salt Lake City, but failed to win a medal; afterwards, she again announced her retirement.

The only long track speed skating oval in Winnipeg has been named after Susan Auch.

She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2003, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2010, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.


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