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}} Cindy Klassen, (born August 12, 1979, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian long track speed skater. She is a six-time medalist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics. Klassen is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with six medals each. Both Klassen and Hughes are from Winnipeg. She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.〔 She is the current world record holder in the 3000 m.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Records )〕 She also holds the Canadian records over 1500 m and 5000 m.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Speed Skating Canada Bio )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Records )〕 Klassen is the leader of the Adelskalender, which is the all-time world ranking for speed skating. In 2003, Klassen became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the overall title at the World Speed Skating Championships.〔 Klassen has several major awards and accolades to her name having won the Lou Marsh Trophy in 2006, which is awarded for Canada's best athlete of the year. Due to her tremendous accomplishments at the 2006 Winter Olympics and her many accomplishments throughout her career, Klassen was named to the Order of Manitoba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prestigious Sport Award to be Presented to Cindy Klassen )〕 Klassen was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Award in 2006 for outstanding speed skating performance of the year. In 2007 she was given the award for Female Athlete of the Year at the Canadian Sports Awards.〔 Klassen won the 2005 and 2006 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as female athlete of the year as presented from the Canadian Press.〔 She was also tipped as Speed Skating Canada's 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Female Skater of the Year for long track speed skating.〔 The Canadian Mint featured Klassen on a Canadian quarter in 2010 as part of their Olympic memories editions and as a recognition of her six Olympic medals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mint Releases 25-Cent Coin Celebrating Cindy Klassen's Five Medals in Long-Track Speed Skating in 2006 )〕 == Career== Klassen started her sports career as an ice hockey player at Gateway Community Club in Winnipeg; in her youth she played for the Canadian national youth team. When she was not selected for the 1998 Winter Olympics, she switched to speed skating and soon she proved to be a natural talent. Klassen missed the entire 2003–04 season due to a serious injury: she fell during training, colliding with another skater, hitting his skate, and as a result cutting twelve tendons in her right arm. 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「Cindy Klassen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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