three times – in 1973 (breaking the Soviet Union's 15-year winning streak), 1976, and 1981. She retired in 1976, but resumed competing in 1981 to win one more United States sprint championship and beat her future sister-in-law, Connie Paraskevin, taking the gold in the sprint at the world championships in 1981. After winning silver at the 1982 world championship she retired for good, preferring motherhood over prolonging her sports careers. If women's cycling was part of the summer Olympics of 1976 then Young would have a chance to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year, something that Christa Rothenburger (also world sprint champion in both speed skating and track cycling) achieved in 1988. References External links Sheila's U.S. Olympic Team bio Sheila Young at SkateResults.com Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Historical World Records – International Skating Union Sheila Ochowicz – McKinley Institute of Technology 1988 Inductees – U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame International Women's Sports Hall of Fame – Women's Sports Foundation Speedskating Hall of Fame – Speed Skaters – The National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame 1950 births Living people American female cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for the United States in speed skating Olympic silver medalists for the United States in speed skating Sportspeople from Detroit Speed skaters from Milwaukee People from Birmingham, Michigan People from the San Francisco Bay Area Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics World record setters in speed skating American female speed skaters UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics American track cyclists World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Denby High School alumni 21st-century American women Cyclists from Michigan