United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics also won silver in the team event. Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with a total of eight medals in his Olympic career. Ohno gave the US relay team the final push for the bronze in the 5000 meter relay, and earned silver and bronze medals in the 1500 and 1000 meter individual events respectively. Women's 1000 meter silver medalist Katherine Reutter broke a streak dating back to 1994 in which no American woman had medaled in an individual short track event. Long track speed skater Shani
Andrew Nicholson (speed skater) in the 1000m short track speed skating. In the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer; he came 27th in the 1000m short track speed skating. In the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano; he came 35th in the 1000m speed skating and 40th in the 1500m speed skating. He is a brother of cyclist and speed skater Chris Nicholson. Andrew Nicholson (speed skater) Andrew Nicholson (born 12 July 1970 in Auckland) is a speed skater and short track speed skater from New Zealand. He competed for New Zealand in three Winter Olympic Games. Nicholson is also an endurance cyclist and previously held