{{short description|Short track speed skater Olympian from Rochester, NY}} {{for|the British artist|Cathy Turner (artist)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Cathy Turner | image = | caption = | birth_name = Cathy Ann Turner | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 10, 1962}} | birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's short track speed skating }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Albertville | 500 m }} {{MedalGold | 1994 Lillehammer | 500 m }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Albertville|3000 m relay }} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Lillehammer|3000 m relay }} }}
'''Cathy Ann Turner''' (born April 10, 1962, in Rochester, New York) is an American short track speed skater, who won gold medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics.
Turner was the American short-track champion in 1979, but short-track speed skating was not then an Olympic discipline, and in 1980 she left skating to pursue a career as a singer. She sang in bands, shows and then began writing her own songs. She became a studio singer and songwriter under the stage name Nikki Newland. After short-track was exhibited at the 1988 Winter Olympics, she decided to return to the sport. "<ref name="query.nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/10/sports/winter-olympics-moving-on-the-fast-track.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FSubjects%2FI%2FIce+Skating |author=Jere Longman |title=Winter Olympics:Moving On the Fast Track |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 10, 1994 |accessdate=2015-05-16}}</ref> After nine years away from her sports,<ref name="query.nytimes.com" /> she resumed training. She qualified for the Albertville Olympics, where she won the 500-meter short track race and was a member of the silver medal-winning 3000-meter relay team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/23/sports/albertville-she-s-no-1-with-a-bullet-in-short-track-skating.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FSubjects%2FI%2FIce+Skating |author=Michael Janofsky |title=Albertville:She's No. 1 With a Bullet In Short-Track Skating |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 23, 1992 |accessdate=2015-05-16}}</ref>
Turner retired from competitive skating after the 1992 Games to star with the Ice Capades as a singer and skater in the "Made In America" tour, but then returned yet again for the 1994 Games. She won another gold in the 500 meters in a controversial race in which silver medalist Zhang Yanmei accused Turner of grabbing her leg as Turner passed her; however, the judges did not see it that way. Turner was disqualified from the 1000-meter race when accused of impeding a South Korean skater Kim So-hee in a heat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/sports/winter-olympics-turner-is-tossed-by-judges.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FSubjects%2FI%2FIce+Skating |author=Jere Longman |title=Winter Olympics:Turner is Tossed By Judges |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 27, 1994 |accessdate=2015-05-16}}</ref> She took a bronze in the 3000-meter team relay. Turner then placed fifth in the 3000-meter relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
Turner now lives in Parma, New York and works as a Database Administrator at Paychex Inc.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cathy-turner/15/979/929 |title=Cathy Turner |publisher=LinkedIn.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-16}}</ref> a motivational speaker, and a product spokesperson. She has also been a skating commentator for ESPN. Turner holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Northern Michigan University, and is a contributor to the book ''Awaken The Olympian Within'', among others.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Leigh Montville, "Fire on Ice", ''Sports Illustrated'', March 7, 1994
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071006043116/http://www.usoc.org/26_13375.htm US Olympic Committee profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100728064727/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/speedskating_st/news/1998/02/17/kelley_column/ Jim Kelley, "Turner out to clear her name", Sports Illustrated, Feb. 17, 1998] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061115141024/http://www.networkwomen.com/archives/coverstory3_00.html Regina Marcazzo, "Cathy Turner Speaks Out for Mental Health", Networking magazine, Sept. 2000] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041213224641/http://www.usoc.org/11499_18781.htm Cathy Turner self-profile, US Olympic Committee site] * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9125275/Cathy-Turner Britannica Online article]
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