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		Derek happily volunteered to be the "garbage run" guy, and en route to the dumpster he would quietly scarf down all the left over McMuffins that he could.
		Derek returned to the states and continued his training, but now married (he and Tiffany were married on June 5, 1999 in Orlando), his financial concerns grew and he struggled with the necessary commitment of "4 more years" to try again.
		Derek would go with the team to Salt Lake, but Tiffany would head to Florida to be with her family and friends, where she would begin to build their future life together.
	www.brooksinternational.com /sports/Derek_Parra_745.htm (2342 words)

	ESPN.com - Family, Rumsfeld on hand for Parra's gold
		Parra won a speedskating gold medal with a world record in the 1,500 meters, then grabbed the Stars and Stripes that belonged to his late grandfather for the victory lap.
		Parra's grandfather, who died two years ago, was one of the first people he thought about after winning a surprising silver in the 5,000 on Feb. 9.
		Parra, a ferocious trainer whose specialty is the 1,500, showed in the 5,000 that he had plenty of endurance.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1336624 (937 words)

	Parra, Derek - Biography
		Derek D. Parra is a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS).
		A former inline skater, Parra won three national titles, two world championships, and 18 gold medals during his career in that sport before replacing his inline skates with ice skates to follow his dream of competing in the Olympics.
		In addition to his Olympic medals, Parra was also the 2001 U.S. national champion, 2001 North American champion, 2000 U.S. all-round overall champion, and silver medalist in the 1,500 m at the 2001 World Single Distance Championships.
	foxnews.webmd.com /content/Biography/8/101632.htm (201 words)

	World Record, Olympic Gold & Silver for Derek Parra
		Parra shocked spectators with an explosion of speed to earn his record time of one minute, 43.95 seconds, beating the previous record by more than a full second.
		Parra, at a powerful 5'4'' and 140 pounds, attributes his ability in part to his training and to the regular chiropractic care he received before and throughout the Games.
		Parra began his road to the gold as the fastest kid in the local roller rink in his hometown of San Bernardino, California.
	www.chiroweb.com /archives/20/07/17.html (482 words)

	ACA-Endorsed Speed Skater Derek Parra Wins Gold in Netherlands
		Before he took to the ice with Olympic visions, Derek was the top inline skater in the world: a three-time national champion; twice overall world champion; world record-holder at 1,500M and 42M; and the most decorated athlete at the 1995 Pan-Am Games (five gold, two silver, and a bronze medal).
		In-line skating, as Derek describes it, is choppier and more physical-looking from the viewpoint of the spectator, while the proficient speed skater, working every bit as hard as the in-line skater, looks to be gliding along in a kind of graceful and effortless motion.
		Derek seeks to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in the 1,500 meters, his best distance, but he may also try for the 500 and 1,000 meters.
	www.chiroweb.com /archives/20/02/15.html (595 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Derek Parra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parra was an unlikely victor in the sport of long-track speedskating, having tried it for the first time just six years before.
		Parra began competing in races using the new inline skates, though his father disapproved; he sometimes refused to drive him to meets, but changed his mind when others began telling him that they had seen his son on television.
		Parra's gold that day was the 20th medal for the U.S. Olympic team at the Salt Lake Games, a number that the U.S. Olympic officials had deemed its goal (the U.S. team would eventually finish with 34 in all).
	www.gale.com /free_resources/chh/bio/parra_d.htm (2017 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Derek Parra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parra initially retired after the 2002 Salt Lake Games, but was drawn back to the ice when his wife, Tiffany, said in an interview with Maria Shriver on "Dateline" that she thought Parra could pull off a comeback.
		Parra has struggled with injuries since Salt Lake, enduring a reoccurring collarbone injury, fighting a bout of poison oak and injuring the middle finger of his right hand in a 2004 snowblower accident.
		Parra was originally slated to make his Olympic debut at the 1998 Nagano Games, but after traveling to Japan with the U.S. team a paperwork glitch forced him out of the competition before it even began.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5056826/detail.html (641 words)

	ksl.com - Derek Parra Defending Gold Tonight
		Derek Parra became one of the stars of the 2002 Olympics when he won silver and gold medals.
		Derek Parra, US Speedskater: "He came up to me crying and said, 'Thanks, thanks for being there, wouldn't be there without you,' and we both feel the same way.
		Parra has overcome the pain of his impending divorce to make the team and try to defend his gold medal in the 1500 meter.
	www.ksl.com /?nid=148&sid=166886 (450 words)

	Gold: Derek Parra
		Derek Parra set a world record in the 1,500 meters to claim Olympic gold Tuesday, becoming the first double-medalist for the Americans at the speedskating oval.
		Parra's stunning time of 1 minute, 43.95 seconds was more than a second lower than the pre-Olympic mark of 1:45.20 held by South Korea's Lee Kyu-hyuk.
		After Parra took part in the medalists ceremony, he bounded off the podium - still in his clap skates - to embrace his wife, the couple breaking down in tears as they embraced for nearly a minute.
	www.hispanianews.com /archive/2002/02/22/07.htm (362 words)

	(DD) Derek Parra Page - Speedskating Santa Barbara
		When he moved over to pass for the lead he was involved in a collision with a car full of race officials, which was trying to squeeze between the skaters and their police mootorcycle escort.
		Parra has a week off before going to Europe for races in Germany and the Netherlands on consecutive weekends in early March.
		Derek Parra, and San Bernardino County, have never seen anything like it, and may never again.
	home1.gte.net /pjbemail/DDPage.html (908 words)

	Olympic Speedskater Derek Parra Strives for Gold with Help of Chiropractic Care
		ARLINGTON, VA - Derek Parra, one of the United States' best chances for a gold medal in speedskating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, will be using a secret weapon - chiropractic care - to help achieve his goal in Salt Lake City.
		Parra, who competed for the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team, is a two-time U.S. National All-Round Champion, a holder of two American records, and the reigning North American Champion.
		Parra, along with the other world-class athletes who will represent the U.S. in Salt Lake City, will have regular access to chiropractic care throughout the duration of the Games, as ACA member Robin Hunter, DC, has been selected to the 2002 U.S. Olympic medical staff.
	www.adjustbacktohealth.com /articles/aa17.htm (518 words)

	Parra Biography. Nicanor Parra Was Born In 1914 In Chillan, A Small Town In Southern Chile, The Son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nicanor Parra Was Born In 1914 In Chillan, A Small Town In Southern Chile, The Son
		Nicanor Parra was born in 1914 in Chillan, a small town in southern Chile, the son Since 1952 Parra has been Professor of Theoretical Physics in Santiago, and.
		Representing Olympic speedskaters: Boutiette, Carpenter, Parra, and Sundstrom, Cyclist Nicole Reinhart and Snowbaorder Petra Skrabar.
	www.99hosted.com /names13935.html (474 words)

	USATODAY.com - Parra overcomes problems to make U.S. team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parra struggled through the turns, most notably as he took his first curve on the tighter inside lane, but he managed to keep his balance and find enough speed in the straightaways.
		Parra managed a weak smile — looking more relieved than celebratory — and waved to the cheering crowd as he came back in front of the grandstand on his cool-down lap.
		Parra said the decision to go public with his divorce "took some of the pressure, that piano, off my back." It also led to him receiving numerous e-mails, from old friends he hasn't spoken with in years to strangers who've gone through the pain of a broken marriage.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/torino/speedskating/2005-12-30-us-long-track_x.htm (939 words)

	The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - About The Council
		Parra is the first Mexican-American to compete and medal in the Olympic Winter Games, winning two medals in speed skating at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah: a Silver medal in the 5,000m and a Gold medal in the 1,500m.
		Parra won three national titles, two world championships and eighteen gold medals during his career in that sport before replacing his inline skates with ice skates to follow his dream of competing in the Olympics.
		Parra was also the 2001 U.S. national champion, 2001 North American champion, 2000 U.S. allround overall champion and Silver medalist in the 1500m at the 2001 World Single Distance Championships.
	www.fitness.gov /bio_parra.htm (168 words)

	Utah Sports Magazine (www.utahsportsmag.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parra admits that racing “for a Coke” at the local skating rink was really what triggered his interest in racing.
		Parra quickly acclimated to the ice, but he was starting all over again, and he stumbled along the way.
		Parra was in the middle of shooting a commercial for Home Depot but he hopped on a plane and made it back for the delivery.
	www.utahsportsmag.com /past-issues/v1n01/stories/derek_parra.htm (1991 words)

	idaho mountain express : Derek Parra to speak Saturday — At Hispanic symposium in SV : For the week of April 23 ...
		Parra is the first Mexican-American to compete in, and medal, in the Winter Olympics.
		Parra married his longtime girlfriend Tiffany in June 1999 at Orlando, Fla., which is about the time he entered the Home Depot’s Olympic Job Opportunities program.
		Derek is a spokesperson for the National Hispanic Press Foundation to encourage education among Latinos.
	www.mtexpress.com /2003/03-04-23/03-04-23parra.htm (730 words)

	derek parra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who won two medals at...
		ACA-sponsored speed skater Derek Parra became the first double medallist of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when he broke the world record and won a gold medal in the men's 1,500 meters event.
		Derek Parra is also the first-ever Mexican American to compete in...
	www.111-olympics.com /18/derek-parra.html (573 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Derek Parra
		Derek Parra knew the sound his skates were making was the wrong one.
		Parra, after dominating the world of roller skating with two overall world titles, decided to switch to speed skating in 1996, and at first, the ice was unkind.
		Derek Parra, one of the world’s best speed skaters, describes the technique: "What we’re trying to do is use the oxygen as a training tool to simulate low-level training.
	www.usoc.org /11478_import65.htm (973 words)

	HONORING DEREK PARRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Speaker, the people of my hometown, San Bernardino, were specially thrilled by the Olympic heroism of Derek Parra, who became the first Mexican-American to win a medal at the Winter games when he took both a gold and silver medal in speed-skating.
		Derek Parra twice left family and home behind to pursue his dream-- once moving to Florida to become an international star at in-line skating races, and then again heading to Utah to train for speed- skating, a sport he had never tried as a child in sunny Southern California.
		While it is clear that Derek Parra meant to reach for his Olympic dream in any way he could, his time in Utah was made easier by The Home Depot, the national hardware chain that is known for its orange aprons.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cr/02/mr/06/cr06mr02-109.html (657 words)

	USATODAY.com - This year, red means more to Parra than gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Derek Parra, 2002 in Salt Lake City: One of the feel-good stories of the Olympics.
		Derek Parra, four years later in Torino: The marriage is shattered.
		Parra first tearfully recounted his troubles while sitting on a trash can after the U.S. nationals in December, a floundering man trying to explain what had happened to his skating.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/columnist/lopresti/2006-02-21-lopresti-parra_x.htm (722 words)

	Derek Parra
		During the 1990s, Derek Parra made a name for himself as a world-renowned inline skater with three national titles, two world championships and 18 gold medals to his credit.
		Leading up to the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Parra won a gold medal last November at the World Cup in the 1,500m, breaking the track record and was considered by many as a prime candidate for winning the gold medal for the United States.
		When Parra took the ice in the 5,000m race, he turned in a world-record performance only for it to be topped 20 minutes later by Jochem Uytdehaage from the Netherlands earning him a silver medal.
	www.todayschiropractic.com /issues/archives/may_jun_02/derek_parra.html (1082 words)

	DerekParra
		84 Derek began roller skating and by 1996 he had become the most decorated athlete in the history of the sport. On wheels he was a three-time national champion, two-time overall world champion, two-time world record holder and had earned eighteen world championship individual gold medals.
		In February of 2001 he had a breakout performance winning a silver medal at the world championships and setting a new American record in the 1500 meters - marking himself as "one to watch at the 2002 Olympic Games".
		Derek has gone on to become a seasoned spokesperson, a highly acclaimed motivational speaker and an award winning international author – all while remaining a dominant force on the world’s speedskating circuit.
	www.outreachspeakers.com /speakers/DerekParra.htm (202 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Parra skates into life as author
		Parra gets emotional when he refers to Tiffany and her strong emotional support for his Olympic goals.
		Parra began roller skating in 1984 at the age of 14, and by 1996 he was the most decorated athlete in the history of the sport.
		Parra, who spends a lot of time on the public-speaking circuit, is promoting his autobiography.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595052218,00.html (1314 words)

	Derek Parra - 6 Months After the Olympics
		Parra’s recent stint on Today was promoting inline skating events in NY City, just the latest stop on his whirlwind tour of post Olympic success.
		Parra has made it clear that when it comes to training, it is “quality”, not “quantity” that matters most.
		Parra was recently nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award (the amateur sports “Oscar”) and was honored by inclusion in the inaugural run of a series of greatest Olympic heroes trading cards along with Bruce Jenner, Greg Louganis, and Mark Spitz (http://www.olympianheroes.com/).
	www.qsports.net /derekparra-6monthupdate.html (2287 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Emotional Parra makes Olympics
		KEARNS — Olympics or not, Derek Parra's friends and "family" on the U.S. Speed Skating team were there for him when he needed them most.
		Derek Parra, foreground right, takes off at the start of the men's 1,500-meter speedskating at the U.S. Long Track Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.
		Racing in the second-to-last pairing, Parra knew he needed to finish at least third to make sure he would be Torino-bound.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635172914,00.html (552 words)

	The Business Press \| Inland Southern California's Business Newspaper \| Profile
		Derek Parra is still waiting for his picture to appear on aWheaties box.
		Parra, 34, a San Bernardino native, won a gold and a silver medal in speedskating in the February 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the first Mexican-American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.
		Parra didn't say how much the tribe pays him, but the sum is enough for he and his wife Tiffany and daughter Mia Elizabeth, 2, to live in Orland, Fla., while he trains.
	www.thebizpress.com /profiles/stories/BP_News_Local_0517_profilederek_parra.a0ae8.html (902 words)

	NPR : Record Breakers Launch Olympic Games, 20002 Winter Olympics, A Special Report
		American Derek Parra skates to his own silver medal in the men's 5,000-meter event (R).
		U.S. skater Derek Parra, who lives in Orlando, Fla., and converted to ice from inline skating, surprised himself and the speed skating world with a world record finish.
		Parra's time at the oval was more than 15 seconds faster than his previous personal best.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/olympics2002/athletes/020210.arnold.html (713 words)

	Ike in the News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Derek Parra, Eisenhower graduate of 1988, and originally from San Bernardino, California, was celebrated with a parade and a rally.
		This was to keep a promise made to the students back in 1998 that if he went to the Olympics and won a medal, he would return to visit the school.
		While at the rally, Parra was presented with an award from the student body as well as other gifts from the faculty.
	www.rialto.k12.ca.us /Eisenhower/news_01-02/derek_parra5.html (184 words)

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