Olympians - Regional




Mary Meyers

 

Olympic Year
City
Country
Type
Event
Finish

Medal
1968
Grenoble
France

Long-Track
500
2
Silver

Hometown - St. Paul, MN

Speedskating Club Affiliation - Midway Speedskating Club

Notes

In the 1968 Olympic Games, Mary Meyers tied for 2nd place with Diane Holum and Jennifer Fish. All 3 skaters had an identical time of 46.3 seconds.

On May 17, 1980, Mary Meyers (Mary Meyers Rothstein) was elected to the "Speedskating Hall of Fame".

Midway History Movie, A Golden Tradition Movie

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Photos
(Photos courtesy of Miriam Rothstein)

1968 Olympics
500 m Silver Medalist

From left on the 2nd podium:
Jennifer Fish
Diane Holum
Mary Meyers (tied for 2nd)

1968 Olympic Team
From Left:
Jeanne Ashworth (NY)
Jenny Fish (OH)
Diane Holum
Mary Meyers
Holly Blatchford (IL)
Jeanne Omelenchuk (MI)
Toy Dorgan (CA)
Ken Henry (Coach)

1968 Olympic Village

From left:
Jenny Fish
Mary Meyers
Peggy Fleming
Diane Holum

1968 Olympic Oval (Grenoble)

From left:
John Wurster
Mary Meyers
M. Ivangine (France)

1968 Olympic Games

From left:
Mary Meyers
Diane Holum
Phil Krumm
Jenny Fish

1968 Olympic games

From left:
Diane Holum
Mary Meyers
1967 World Champions
500 m

From Left:
Irina Egorova (USSR)
Diane Holum
Mary Meyers (1st place)

1960's - early

Mary Meyers

1957 Nationals
Midget Girls

From Left:
Rene Garvin (Laidlaw, Mpls)
Mary Meyers
1957 Nationals
Midget Girls
(1/6 mile)

From Left:
Mary Meyers

1957 Nationals
Midget Girls Champion

Mary Meyers

1950s - mid

Mary Meyers