page_title: Anna Ringsred
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Ringsred / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Anna Ringsred skates in the 5000 meter race at the 2014 United States Olympic Trials
context_page_description: Anna Ringsred is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She began speed skating at age 13 and made the United States junior team while in high school. In 2004, she qualified for the Junior World Allround Championships, placing 22nd. She qualified for World Championship events in 2007, 2008, and 2010, with her best finish being a fifth place in the 2007 team pursuit.
  Ringsred had four third-place finishes at the 2010 National Championships, but was not selected to the 2010 Olympic team. She retired from speed skating at the end of the season, but launched a comeback effort in 2012. She made the 2013 Allround and Single Distance World Championship teams. Ringsred placed third in the 3000 meters at the 2013–2014 National Championships and followed it up with a second place in the event at the United States Olympic trials to make her first Olympic team. At the Olympics, she placed 26th in the 3000 meters.
context_section_description: Ringsred volunteers at the local homeless shelter in her spare time.  She currently lives in Calgary.
caption: Ringsred skates the 5000 meters at the 2014 Olympic Trials.
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