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〕 |height = |weight = |pb = 500 m: 41.518 (2003)〔 1000 m: 1:24.500 (2009)〔 1500 m: 2:11.280 (2003)〔 3000 m: 4:32.975 (2003) |website = (Official Site ) |retired = 2013 |titles = yes |worlds = World Championship 2008 Overall World Cup 2001 Overall 2003 Overall 2005 Overall |medaltemplates= }} Apolo Anton Ohno (; born May 22, 1982) is a retired American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in the Winter Olympics. Raised by his father, Ohno began training full-time in 1996. He has been the face of short track in the United States since winning his medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics.〔〔 At the age of 14, he became the youngest U.S. national champion in 1997 and was the reigning champion from 2001–2009, winning the title a total of 12 times.〔〔 In December 1999, he became the youngest skater to win a World Cup event title, and became the first American to win a World Cup overall title in 2001, which he won again in 2003 and 2005. He won his first overall World Championship title at the 2008 championships. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, there were two controversies associated with Ohno. The first was whether or not he intentionally finished third in a qualification race during the U.S. Olympic Trials to allow Shani Davis to make the team. The second occurred when he won the gold medal in the 1500 m race after the disqualification of the first skater to cross the finish line, South Korean Kim Dong-Sung, for blocking Ohno. The disqualification upset South Korean supporters and has had a lingering negative effect on Ohno's reputation in South Korea. Ohno's accolades and accomplishments include being the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of the Month in October 2003 and March 2008, the U.S. Speedskating's Athlete of the Year for 2003, and was a 2002, 2003 and 2006 finalist for the Sullivan Award, which recognizes the best amateur athlete in the United States. Since gaining recognition through his sport, Ohno has worked as a motivational speaker, philanthropist, started a nutritional supplement business called 8 Zone, and in 2007, competed on and won the reality TV show ''Dancing with the Stars''. Ohno later became host of a revival of ''Minute to Win It'' on Game Show Network and served as a commentator for NBC's coverage of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. ==Early life== Ohno was born in Seattle, Washington, to a Japanese-born father, and a European American mother, Jerrie Lee. He attended Saghalie middle school in Federal Way. Ohno's parents divorced when he was an infant, and he was raised in Seattle by his father.〔 He has had little contact with his biological mother and as of 2002 had expressed no interest in knowing her or his older half-brother.〔〔Ohno & Richardson 2002, pp. 13–15.〕 Ohno's father, a hair stylist and owner of the salon ''Yuki's Diffusion'', often worked 12-hour shifts, and with no family in the United States, found it hard to balance career and family.〔 His father chose to name his son Apolo after the Greek words "Apo," which means to "steer away from" and "lo," which means "look out; here he comes."〔 When Ohno was very young, his father meticulously researched childcare providers to care for his son during his long work hours.〔 As he grew older, his father became concerned his son would become a latchkey kid, so he got his son involved with competitive swimming and quad-speed roller skating at age 6. He later switched from the instruction of Benton Redford, a National Champion, to a team in Federal Way, WA called Pattisons Team Extreme and became a national inline speedskating champion and record holder himself. His father used Inline Speedskating to fill his spare time. Ohno's days were spent with morning swimming practices, followed by schooling, and finally skating practices in the afternoon.〔Ohno & Richardson 2002, pp. 22–23.〕 When Ohno was 12, he won the Washington state championship in the breaststroke but preferred inline speed skating over swimming.〔 He has stated that by the time he turned 13 years of age he attended parties with older teenagers if he did not have competitions on the weekends.〔Ohno & Richardson 2002, p. 19.〕 His father has stated that it was a struggle balancing his son's desire for independence while helping him reach his potential as a young athlete.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apolo Ohno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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