“I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school.”

American short-track speed skater

Apolo Ohno is an American retired short-track speed skater, known for his success at the Winter Olympics. He was born in 1982 and became one of the sport’s most recognized competitors. Ohno won eight Olympic medals across his career, which made him a familiar name in American winter sports. He was later inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2019.