Olympic Skating Skin Suit, worn by Bonnie Blair
date: label: date made
content: 1991
name: label: wearer
content: Blair, Bonnie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Speed skating skin suit, worn by American Bonnie Blair (b. 1964) at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games, held in Albertville, France. That year, Blair won gold in both the 500 and 1000 meter events. The world record setting skater is one of the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympic athletes of all time. Blair appeared at four Olympic games, taking home 5 gold medals and one bronze.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 1992 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in Albertville, France with 64 countries, 1,313 men and 488 women athletes participating. This was France's third time hosting a winter Olympics and the last time that the summer and winter Olympics would be held in the same year. The next winter Olympics would be held in 1994 and the Summer Games would be held in 1996. These were also the first games that the former Soviet republics competed as a unified team and the first time Germany's unified team competed together since the 1964 Summer Games. Bonnie Blair was the standout American athlete in speed skating earning two gold medals with US figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi earning a gold in women's figure skating. Germany won the medal count with 26 medals to the United States 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: name of sport
content: Speed Skating
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
label: related event
content: Olympic Winter Games: Albertville, France, 1992
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bonnie Blair (through Helen W. Broder)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0054.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0054
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0054.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suit, speed skating
label: Object Name
content: speed skating suit, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (zipper material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, spandex (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 in x 12 in; 129.54 cm x 30.48 cm