Country United States Role Short Track Speed Skater Sport Speed skating Height 1.68 m | Club APTE Weight 58 kg Name Alyson Dudek Parents Mary Dudek, Rob Dudek | |
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Born July 30, 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-07-30 ) Hales Corners, Wisconsin Education Divine Savior Holy Angels High School Siblings Carolyn Dudek, Maddie Dudek Similar People Allison Baver, Lana Gehring, Kimberly Derrick, Katherine Reutter, Jessica Gregg Profiles | ||
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Alyson Dudek (born July 30, 1990) is an American short track speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist.
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Biography
Dudek is a fourth-generation Polish American. Dudek attended Divine Savior Holy Angels High School for three and a half years. Dudek qualified for her first World Cup team while still a high school student and finished her high school education through online correspondence course while training in Salt Lake City. As a younger skater, Dudek originally trained in both long track and short track speed skating before choosing to specialize in short track. Dudek is from Hales Corners, Wisconsin. In late 2014, Dudek competed in the 26th season of the reality show The Amazing Race, which began airing on February 25, 2015 where their season has come to an end in Leg 8 with a 6th Place finish due to being 2nd U-Turned by Laura & Tyler. Dudek was teamed with her boyfriend, bobsledder Steven Langton, whom Dudek met at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Career
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Dudek competed in the 500 m and 3000 m relay. In the 500 m, Dudek didn't make it past the quarterfinals. In the 3000 m relay, Dudek was part of the relay team that won bronze due to the disqualification of South Korea behind China and Canada. At the U.S. Olympic trials on January 5, 2014, Dudek qualified for the 2014 Olympic team, her second trip to the Games.
