Jennifer Rodriguez

{{short description|American speed skater}}

{{about||the mayor of Bell Gardens, California|Jennifer Rodriguez (politician)|the high jumper|Jennifer Rodríguez}}

{{Infobox speed skater

| name = Jennifer Rodriguez

| image = Jen Rodriquez 1000m berlin.jpg

| caption =

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|8}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida

| height = 1.62 m

| weight = 59 kg

| country = {{USA}}

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's speed skating}}

{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Salt Lake City|1000 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Salt Lake City|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Sprint Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2005 Salt Lake City|Sprint}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Nagano|Sprint}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Single Distance Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2003 Berlin|1000 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2005 Inzell|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Seoul|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Berlin|1500 m}}

}}

Jennifer Rodriguez (born June 8, 1976) is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993. Her inline speed coach was Bob Manning.

In 1996 she made another career move by giving it a try on ice, in order to have a chance to make the Olympic team. This was a success, and she participated in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals in Salt Lake City in 2002. She is also known by the nicknames Miami Ice and J-Rod.

She was previously married to American speed skater K. C. Boutiette, who was the first to switch from inline speed skating to ice skating and motivated Rodriguez to do the same.

{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref={{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=245

|title = Jennifer Rodriguez

|publisher = www.speedskatingresults.com

|access-date = May 25, 2014

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{{PersonalRecordsSport|Women's speed skating}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|37.87|November 18, 2005|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:14.05|January 22, 2005|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:54.19|December 12, 2009|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:04.99|February 10, 2002|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|7:07.93|December 22, 2001|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

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