Olympic Skating Skin Suit, worn by Bonnie Blair
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Object Details
- date made
- 1991
- wearer
- Blair, Bonnie
- Description (Brief)
- Speed skating skin suit, worn by American Bonnie Blair (b. 1964) at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games, held in Albertville, France. That year, Blair won gold in both the 500 and 1000 meter events. The world record setting skater is one of the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympic athletes of all time. Blair appeared at four Olympic games, taking home 5 gold medals and one bronze.
- The 1992 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in Albertville, France with 64 countries, 1,313 men and 488 women athletes participating. This was France's third time hosting a winter Olympics and the last time that the summer and winter Olympics would be held in the same year. The next winter Olympics would be held in 1994 and the Summer Games would be held in 1996. These were also the first games that the former Soviet republics competed as a unified team and the first time Germany's unified team competed together since the 1964 Summer Games. Bonnie Blair was the standout American athlete in speed skating earning two gold medals with US figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi earning a gold in women's figure skating. Germany won the medal count with 26 medals to the United States 11.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- level of sport
- Olympics
- name of sport
- Speed Skating
- web subject
- Sports
- Women
- related event
- Olympic Winter Games: Albertville, France, 1992
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
- Credit Line
- Bonnie Blair (through Helen W. Broder)
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1996.0054.01
- accession number
- 1996.0054
- catalog number
- 1996.0054.01
- Object Name
- suit, speed skating
- speed skating suit, olympics
- Physical Description
- metal (zipper material)
- fabric, spandex (overall material)
- fabric, nylon (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 51 in x 12 in; 129.54 cm x 30.48 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_748901