Laura Gómez (speed skater)

Laura Gómez
Personal information
Full nameLaura Isabel Gómez Quintero
NationalityColombian
Born (1990-07-17) July 17, 1990 (age 34)
Carmen de Viboral, Colombia[1]
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportSpeed skating

Laura Isabel Gómez Quintero, also simply known as Laura Gómez (born 17 July 1990), is a Colombian female speed skater who was a professional roller skater during her early career.[2][3][4][5][6] She took the sport of speed skating only in late July 2017 and broke several Colombian national records for women within six months after engaging in speed skating before impressing the selectors to name herself at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7][8][9] She competed in the women's 3000m mass start event.[10][11][12]

Laura Gómez was informed about her selection to the Colombian squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics, just a week prior to the start of the Winter Olympics.[13][14] It was only the second appearance for Colombia at the Winter Olympics which sent a delegation of 4 participants in the multi-sport event and she was also the only Colombian woman competitor to compete during the 2018 Winter Olympics.[15] During the 2018 Winter Olympics, she broke a national Olympic record for 1000m speed skating event for women during a test competition.[16]

In December 2021, Gómez qualified for her second Winter Olympics in 2022.[17]

National records

She holds 5 national records in speed skating. (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m)

Event Record Date Meet Place Ref
500 meters 41.73 2 March 2018 AmCup Final United States Salt Lake City, United States [18]
1000 meters 1:19.42 3 March 2018 AmCup Final United States Salt Lake City, United States [19]
1500 meters 2:02.50 4 March 2018 AmCup Final United States Salt Lake City, United States [20]
3000 meters 4:16.85 10 December 2017 World Cup United States Salt Lake City, United States [21]
5000 meters 7:46.16 14 October 2017 Colombian Championships United States Salt Lake City, United States [22]

References

  1. ^ "Laura GOMEZ". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Laura Gómez - Player Profile - Speed Skating". Eurosport. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. ^ "Laura Gomez (COL) - Competition results, statistics and records | Skaters | SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  4. ^ "speedskatingbase.eu". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  5. ^ "Inline Skating - Laura Gomez (Colombia)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  6. ^ "Laura Gomez - SchaatsStatistieken.nl". www.schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. ^ "Laura Gomez - SpeedSkatingStats.com". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  8. ^ "'Don't know how I'm here': Colombian roller-skater gets shock Olympic chance". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  9. ^ "Laura Gomez Quintero (COL)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  10. ^ "Speed Skating | Athlete Profile: Laura Isabel GOMEZ QUINTERO - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  11. ^ "GOMEZ QUINTERO Laura Isabel". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  12. ^ "GOMEZ QUINTERO Laura Isabel | Athletes | CBC Olympics | PyeongChang 2018". Pyeong Chang 2018 | CBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  13. ^ "Olympic joy warms Colombian skaters in chilly Gangneung". Reuters. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  14. ^ "Colombian Speedskater Gets A Last-Minute Chance To Compete In Olympics". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  15. ^ "Colombia to make its mark at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games with four athletes". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  16. ^ "Test Competition – 1000m Ladies Results". speedskatingresults.com. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  17. ^ Zabala, Daniel (12 December 2021). "Patinadora colombiana Laura Gómez clasificó a los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno" [Colombian skater Laura Gómez qualified for the Winter Olympics]. www.rcnradio.com/ (in Spanish). RCN Radio. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  18. ^ "AmCup Final – 500m Ladies Results". speedskatingresults.com. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  19. ^ "AmCup Final – 1000m Ladies Results". speedskatingresults.com. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  20. ^ "AmCup Final – 1500m Ladies Results". speedskatingresults.com. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  21. ^ "ISU World Cup Salt Lake City – Result 3000m Women Division B". speedskatingresults.com. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Colombia – National Championships 2018 – 5000m Ladies Results". speedskatingresults.com. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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