Cindy Klassen

Cindy Klassen

Personal information
Born	(1979-08-12) August 12, 1979 (age 45) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Website	CindyKlassen.com
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2006 Turin 1500 m 2006 Turin Team pursuit 2006 Turin 1000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m 2006 Turin 5000 m 2006 Turin 3000 m World Allround Championships 2003 Gothenburg Allround 2006 Calgary Allround 2002 Heerenveen Allround 2005 Moscow Allround 2007 Heerenveen Allround World Sprint Championships 2003 Calgary Sprint 2007 Hamar Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2005 Inzell 1500 m 2005 Inzell 3000 m 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2004 Seoul 1500 m 2005 Inzell Team pursuit 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2001 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2003 Berlin 1000 m 2004 Seoul 1000 m 2007 Salt Lake City 3000 m

Cindy Klassen, OM (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater. She is a six-time medallist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics.

She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic Games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single Games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.^[1] She was a world record holder in the 3000 m until March 2019, when her time was beaten by Martina Sáblíková.^[2] She also holds the Canadian records over 1500 m and 5000 m.^[3][4] Klassen is the leader of the Adelskalender, which is the all-time world ranking for speed skating. In 2003, Klassen became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the overall title at the World Speed Skating Championships.^[3]

Klassen has several major awards and accolades to her name, including the Lou Marsh Trophy in 2006, which is awarded for Canada's best athlete of the year. Due to her accomplishments at the 2006 Winter Olympics and her many accomplishments throughout her career, Klassen was named to the Order of Manitoba.^[5] Klassen was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Award in 2006 for outstanding speed skating performance of the year. In 2007, she was named the Female Athlete of the Year at the Canadian Sports Awards.^[3] Klassen won the 2005 and 2006 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as female athlete of the year as presented by the Canadian Press.^[3] She was also tipped as Speed Skating Canada's 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Female Skater of the Year for long track speed skating.^[3] The Canadian Mint featured Klassen on a Canadian quarter in 2010 as part of their Olympic memories editions and as a recognition of her six Olympic medals.^[6]