K. C. Boutiette

{{Infobox speed skater

| name = KC Boutiette

| image = KC Boutiette 2006.jpg

| caption = KC Boutiette in 2006

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|04|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| spouse = Kristi Kirkeide Boutiette

| country = {{USA}}

| medaltemplates =

}}

KC Boutiette (born April 11, 1970) is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington, and a four-time Olympian. He was first of the wave of inline speed skaters, and made the transition from inline to ice, in order to have a shot at going to the Olympics.

Biography

In 1993, he showed up at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, looking to improve his technique on inline skates. However, he ended up earning a spot on the team that would be sent to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Although he had been a champion inline speed skater for years, Boutiette at that time had no ice speed skating experience at all. Nevertheless, within a few months he made the team.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Although Boutiette has never won an Olympic medal, he demonstrated to other American inline speed skaters that the opportunity was there if they would give it a shot. Following in his footsteps were Apolo Ohno, Derek Parra, Jennifer Rodriguez (Boutiette's ex-wife), and Joey Cheek, who won seven medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. After 2002 he went out and hand-picked another former inline skater, Chad Hedrick, who went on to win three medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, after switching to ice skating in 2003. Now almost half of the Olympic team were inline skaters for whom he paved the way. Boutiette skated in the team pursuit in the 2006 Olympics.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In the Netherlands, Boutiette participated as a marathon speed skater for several years and in this period he won the Six Days of the Greenery twice in 2003 and 2004. He wore the Brussels sprout suit for ten days in between 2003 and 2005, the second in ranking after Cédric Michaud.[http://www.schaatspeloton.nl/statistiek/spruitjespak.php Spruitjespak], schaatspeloton.nl In total he won 23 speed skating marathons on artificial tracks.[http://www.schaatspeloton.nl/statistiek/overwinningen.php Overwinningen], schaatspeloton.nl He also was the leader in the Essent Cup for two days, wearing the orange suit.[http://www.schaatspeloton.nl/statistiek/oranje.php Oranje leiderstrui], schaatspeloton.nl

Children

K.C. Has three children, one by the name of Braam, one by the name of Brooke, and one by the name of Boone.

Records

= World records =

Event	Time	Date	Venue
class='wikitable'
1500 m	1:50.09	March 15, 1997	align=left \| Olympic Oval, Calgary
Small combination	154.103	March 15, 1997	align=left \| Olympic Oval, Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com{{cite web|title=KC Boutiette

| url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1970041101

| publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com

| accessdate=29 August 2012}}

= Personal records =

{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref={{cite web|title=KC Boutiette|url=http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=258|publisher=SpeedskatingResults.com|accessdate=25 May 2014}}}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|36.09|January 10, 2004|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:09.09|January 3, 2004|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:46.78|December 28, 2002|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|3:47.16|October 1, 2005|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|6:22.97|February 9, 2002|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|10000 m|13:21.06|February 28, 2004|Thialf, Heerenveen|}}

References

[http://www.usspeedskating.org/ussathletes/Boutiette.html US Speedskating profile]

External links

{{ISU speed skater|95534|KC Boutiette}}
[http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1970041101 KC Boutiette at SpeedSkatingStats.com]
{{Team USA|new_id=kc-boutiette|name=KC Boutiette|old_id=BO/KC-Boutiette|archive=20211028023304}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080405143905/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_43313.htm archive April 5, 2008])
{{Olympedia|name=KC Boutiette}}
{{Olympics.com profile|name=K C Boutiette}}

Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male speed skaters

Category:Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Category:Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Category:Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Category:Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic speed skaters for the United States

Category:World record setters in speed skating

Category:Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington

Category:21st-century American sportsmen

Category:20th-century American sportsmen