Catherine Raney-Norman

{{short description|American speed skater}}

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| name = Catherine Raney Norman

| image = 2009 WSD Speed Skating Championships - 30.jpg

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| caption = Catherine Raney Norman at the back with Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr making way for Jennifer Rodriguez in a Team Pursuit event in 2009.

| birth_name = Catherine Raney

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 20, 1980}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee

| spouse = Marc Norman

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Speed skating

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Catherine Raney Norman (born June 20, 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a four-time Olympic speed skater from Elm Grove, Wisconsin who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as chair of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, which is seeking to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to Utah in 2030 or 2034.{{Cite web|url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/olympian-raney-norman-named-chair-of-salt-lake-city-olympic-winter-games-bid/|title = Olympian Raney-Norman named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bid|date = 9 June 2021}}

Raney Norman won the U.S. Allround Championship six times and held three U.S. records.{{Cite web|url=http://speedskatingmuseum.org/wp/catherine-raney-norman/|title = Catherine Raney-Norman|date = 13 June 2019}} She was the silver medalist in the 1999 World Junior Championships in all around.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/99420|title = Olympedia – Catherine Raney Norman}} She was inducted into the U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Fame in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://speedskatingmuseum.org/wp/catherine-raney-norman/|title = Catherine Raney-Norman|date = 13 June 2019}}

Since retiring from speed skating, she has focused on service to Olympic and Paralympic sport. In 2012, she was appointed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert as an athlete member of an exploratory committee to investigate a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games for the state.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55392513|title = The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah News, Sports, Religion & Entertainment}} In February, 2020, she was named to the inaugural Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games as an athlete board member and co-chair of the Athletes' Advisory Committee with Paralympian Chris Waddell.{{Cite web|url=https://utahsportscommission.com/news/committee-named-to-prepare-for-future-olympic-paralympic-bid?fbclid=IwAR0wK4MEsKgWVlUgUbYUBLGn8Zidmxfe6K8JbB9tQvum0Q8oqrurrOnXcw4|title = Utah Sports Commission - Committee Named to Prepare for Future Olympic, Paralympic Bid}} She is vice chair of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation (formerly known at Utah Athletic Foundation), where she joined as a board member in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://utaholympiclegacy.org/board-of-directors/|title = Board of Directors}} She was named to chair the committee on June 9, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/olympian-raney-norman-named-chair-of-salt-lake-city-olympic-winter-games-bid/|title = Olympian Raney-Norman named Chair of Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bid|date = 9 June 2021}}

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{{PersonalRecordsSport| Women's speed skating}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 500 m | 41.05 |2005-12-27|Salt Lake City, Utah | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1000 m | 1:19.08 |2005-12-31|Salt Lake City, Utah | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1500 m | 1:57.34 |2005-12-30|Salt Lake City, Utah | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 3000 m | 4:01.98 |2005-11-18|Calgary | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 5000 m | 6:56.91 |2005-12-28|Salt Lake City, Utah | }}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 10000 m | 14:56.12 |2005-12-31|Calgary | }}

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