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  KC Boutiette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KC Boutiette (born April 11, 1970) is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington and four-time Olympian.
Although Boutiette has never won an Olympic medal, he demonstrated to other American inline speed skaters that the opportunity was there if they would give it a shot.
Boutiette skated in the team pursuit after Shani Davis declined to participate in the event, but he fell behind the rest of the team in the race and the United States finished sixth.
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 Boutiette's Olympic career likely ends on day protege wins silver - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
Boutiette churned through 12 1/2 laps on the 400-meter oval in 6 minutes, 22.97 seconds, bettering his old mark of 6:31.75.
Boutiette's faith in the 5-foot-4 Parra was rewarded when the shortest member of the U.S. men's team came up with the biggest finish on the opening day of speedskating.
Boutiette didn't close the door on trying to make a fourth Olympic team in 2006, but next year he wants to compete in ice marathons in the Netherlands and learn to be a coach.
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 CNN/SI - Olympics - Athlete of the Day
Boutiette -- no periods, please -- will not invoke memories of Dan Jansen, and he's certainly not going to remind anyone of the legendary Eric Heiden.
Boutiette's speed skating story begins when he hopped a Greyhound bus to Milwaukee for the 1994 Speed Skating Trials.
Boutiette borrowed a friend's ice skates that were two sizes too small, and later did a little construction, mounting a pair of blades to his in-line boots.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano/athlete_of_day/boutiette.html   (568 words)

  
 SPEEDSKATING: Boutiette is not a conventional athlete
Even those who knew Boutiette couldn't have predicted he could climb off the back of a rock-crusher he was operating for a Federal Way construction company and become one of the top in-line skaters in the country.
So those seeking the well-spring of KC Boutiette's determination and positive nature, the font is probably washing dishes or feeding strays right now.
Boutiette, in Fort Collins, Colo., at the time, hopped on a bus to Milwaukee, the home of the Pettit National Ice Center.
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 Speedskating: Team Pursuit
Hedrick, KC Boutiette and Charles Ryan Leveille lost to the Italian team of Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi and Enrico Fabris by nearly a half-second after leading through the first four laps.
Boutiette couldn't keep up with his younger teammates, lagging about 10 feet behind when Leveille and Hedrick were first across the finish line.
We expected KC to be able to stay in there and KC expected to stay.
www.dailysouthtown.com /southtown/dssports/pro/162sd2.htm   (597 words)

  
 Kc boutiette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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 Takin' it to the ice: Speedskating gets new look   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Even Rodriguez said she was turned off by Boutiette's eccentricities when she first met him at an in-line clinic in the early 1990s.
The 27-year-old Boutiette, faster, wiser and admittedly more mature than he was in '94, qualified in the 1,000, 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000.
KC has the bleached hair and the piercing; that's what kids are doing these days.
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 Washingtonpost.com:
Because Boutiette made the 1994 U.S. Olympic speedskating team after just a few weeks of training, he was convinced that Rodriguez, his longtime friend and recent girlfriend, also could do it.
Boutiette's spare earring is in his tongue; Rodriguez wears hers in her belly button.
Another difference is that while Boutiette will be a favorite to medal in the 1,500 meters, an event for which he briefly held the world record last year, Rodriguez believes she is somewhere in the middle of a learning curve.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/speedsk/articles/speed2.htm   (868 words)

  
 Speedskating . com : News and Features : Uytdehaage Sets 5000m World Record to Earn Olympic Gold;...
Although the Olympic record in the 5000 meters was blown away early in the comeptition in a brave performance by American KC Boutiette, it wasn't until Parra skated in the 12th of the 16 pairings that the world record, set by the Netherlands' Gianni Romme two years ago, was beaten.
Skating in his fourth Olympics and in what may have been his final Olympic race, Boutiette put aside all the trouble he had with a back injury earlier this season and laid the hammer down in his race, the second pairing of the day.
Because of Parra and Boutiette's results today, the U.S. will get two slots in that race, one of which was determined at the end of the U.S. Olympic trials would go to Jason Hedstrand.
www.speedskating.com /ar/show.rp?id=100535   (1003 words)

  
 ksl.com - Utah's Online Source for Local News & Information Couple's Love Helps Each Other Succeed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
KC Boutiette: "Her hard work and determination is what I feed off the most.
KC is 35-years old now and competing in his fourth Olympics.
KC Boutiette: "I mean it's a difficult lifestyle to live, and we are fortunate that we can stay together and it's nice."
www.ksl.com /?nid=148&sid=167319   (449 words)

  
 HyperWheels News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
KC Boutiette, representing Team Hyper, originally from Washington State made a vicious attack with 6 laps to go.
KC held tight right there as Malone and Mantia made a one-two pass and the drag race was on.
KC took the checkered flag and the 30 points and Cheeks held on for the silver as Chris Creveling out dueled Mantia for the 3rd spot and the 10 points.
www.hyperwheels.com /news/hw_right.asp?id=295   (3201 words)

  
 Letdown might be swan song for Tacoma skater Boutiette
Composed afterward, Boutiette blamed a poor team race strategy, dodged a question about the team's makeup and launched into a screed about the lack of support for speedskating.
Boutiette is so steeped in the culture of this small world that his wife is Jennifer Rodriguez, one of the team's top female skaters and a three-time Olympian, and lives with her half the year in the Netherlands, where the Dutch are consumed with speedskating.
That left Boutiette and his flagging energy to drop farther and farther behind Hedrick and teammate Ryan Leveille.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /thiel/259683_thiel16.html?source=rss   (1269 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/KC Boutiette
KC Boutiette (born April 11, 1970) is an American speed skater from Tacoma, Washington.
Among American speed skaters, Boutiette's story is half legendary.
Nevertheless, within a few months he made the team.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/KC_Boutiette   (209 words)

  
 Feb. 12, 2000 World Cup Long Track Baselga di Pine, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Boutiette (Tacoma, Wash.) led the American team by earning a bronze medal in the men's Division A 1500-meter competition.
Boutiette (1 minute 51.88 seconds) finished third in the competition behind the Netherlands' Ids Postma (1:50.77), who won the race.
Schouten said it was "amazing" what Boutiette did considering many of his teammates were suffering from jet lag and the adjustment to the altitude.
www.usspeedskating.org /releases/21200LTWorldCup.html   (345 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Boutiette doesn't medal, but he's all smiles anyway
KEARNS, Utah -- KC Boutiette's Olympic speedskating career likely ended hours before protege Derek Parra won a surprising silver medal in the 5,000 meters Saturday.
Boutiette churned through 12½ laps on the 400-meter oval in 6 minutes, 22.97 seconds, bettering his old mark of 6:31.75.
With his only race completed, Boutiette plans to focus on Rodriguez, who competes in the 3,000 on Sunday -- the first of her four races.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1326338   (707 words)

  
 Rodriguez shares life, ice with fellow speedskater: 1/14/02
Boutiette needs a solid showing in the 5,000 and 10,000 at this weekend's World Cup meet in the Netherlands to grab a spot on the Olympic team.
Boutiette is more intense than the sunny, 25-year-old Rodriguez, who is rarely without a smile as shiny as the three silver hoops in her left ear.
Rodriguez and Boutiette moved to Park City to be near the Olympic Oval, which has the fastest ice in the United States.
www.s-t.com /daily/01-02/01-14-02/c20sp111.htm   (830 words)

  
 SPEEDSKATING: Boutiette may be speedskating's answer to NBA's Rodman
Boutiette, an inline skater who stunned the ice world by making the 1994 Olympic team, has matured into one of the leaders for the American team in the post-Jansen era and is a medal hopeful in Nagano.
For Boutiette, that means a pierced tongue, two earrings in his left ear and one in his right, a tattoo of the hallowed Olympic rings on the inside of his left calf, hair that changes colors depending on his mood and a unique style of dress.
He had cost someone a trip to Lillehammer, and the fact that Boutiette was a top athlete in a similar sport mattered little to the close-knit fraternity that is American speedskating.
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Competing in his fourth Olympics, American KC Boutiette is looking for his first Olympic medal.
KC Boutiette 2002, 1998, 1994 US Olympian In October of 1993, KC Boutiette decided to give ice speedskating a try.
KC Boutiette, speed skater AGE: 36 HOMETOWN: Tacoma SPORT: Speed skating OLYMPICS: 1994, 1998, 2002 BIO: Boutiette, who will compete in his fourth Olympics, is still seeking his first medal
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 World Allround Championships 2005 - Davis Wins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
He was followed by three of his teammates: Chad Hedrick (Spring, Tex.), KC Boutiette (Tacoma, Wash.) and Derek Parra (Orlando, Fla.).
Boutiette finished the 10,000-meters in 13:38.31, giving him a ninth place finish.
Boutiette finished sixth (153.532) and Parra was tenth (155.390).
www.usspeedskating.org /releases/2005_LTWorldAllroundChamp.html   (235 words)

  
 KC Boutiette and Chad Hedrick Visit a Local Speed Practice in California
Olympic ice speed skating champion KC Boutiette and 50-time world gold medal winner Chad Hedrick made a surprise visit to one of the local speed practices in Orange County California in May of 2003.
Then KC would get into the mix and with all of his power from ice speed skating he would take the lead.
KC is not a short track skater because his commitment is to long track ice skating.
www.skatelog.com /skaters/roger-olson/20030508kcchad.htm   (631 words)

  
 Market America Skates into Olympic Sponsorship
KC Boutiette began his speed skating career on the wheels of inline skates.
In 1993, KC decided to take his skills to the ice and shocked the world by winning the 1994 US Olympic Trials in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter competitions.
Since then, Boutiette has won in competitions around the globe and competed in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Olympic Games.
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 Q Sports International - KC Boutiette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Always seeking a new challenge, KC took his talents to the European Ice Marathon Circuit, where packs of up to 100 skaters compete in distance skating events that typically cover 100 kilometers or more and often are contended in multiple day 'stage races' (like the Tour de France).
KC is now a three time US Olympian and a dominant marathon skater AND he still finds time to remain one of the top inline skate racers in the world.
Prior to the Olympics KC was featured in four different major "up close and personal" television interviews that received network broadcast prior to, and during, the Olympics.
www.qsports.net /webkc.html   (597 words)

  
 HyperWheels News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
March 30, 2003 — Orlando, Florida — In his debut race with Hyper, three time Olympian, KC Boutiette adds to Hyper’s winning formula as Diego Rosero and Cecilia Baena skate to victory at the Disney Marathon.
As the race entered the actual Disney theme park, Olympian KC Boutiette, making his debut for team Hyper, quickly covered the small break away attempts by Rollerblade and Verducci.
Team Hyper, realizing that Boutiette would be unable to out sprint Botero at the end, quickly gave chase to aid their teammate.
www.hyper-race.com /news/hw_right.asp?id=231   (433 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Olympics: Pursuit of 5 golds ends for speedskater Boutiette
But Boutiette trailed Hedrick and Leveille by about 10 meters — and in team pursuit, it is the third skater who matters most.
"KC, as soon as the race was over, was crying, came up to me and said he 'gave it his all,' " Hedrick said.
Boutiette said he fell off the pace at the end of the eight-lap race because he was tired after leading for three laps, and Hedrick was physically pushing Leveille too fast for Boutiette.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/olympics/2002808256_olypursuit16.html   (602 words)

  
 Boutiette’s team loses in relay | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
TURIN, Italy – Tacoma’s KC Boutiette expected the team pursuit long-track speedskating event to be his best chance to earn a medal in four Olympic appearances.
Boutiette, 35, twice finished fifth in Olympic races (5,000 meters in Salt Lake City in 2002, 1,500 in Nagano in 1998).
Boutiette said that after leading for a lap (pulling), he got in behind the powerful Hedrick, who was pushing the smaller Leveille.
www.thenewstribune.com /sports/story/5529396p-4979911c.html   (538 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Olympics: Hot air blowing on the mountain
And speedskater KC Boutiette, a Tacoma native, pretty much took himself out of the running Saturday.
Boutiette, husband of fellow speedskater Jennifer Rodriguez of Miami, wasn't finished.
As a fitting finale, Boutiette seized another innocuous question — how his current Olympic team stacks up against previous squads — to make it clear he's not going to be available for group team hugs anytime soon.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/olympics/2002799886_olyjudd12.html?syndication=rss   (863 words)

  
 RaceReportsNet Report
The top 4 finishers were, in order: Jordan Malone, KC Boutiette, Josh Wood and Dean Burke.
Building up to a 51 second gap on the field (nearly half a lap on the DG course) Chad took his big-wheels to a new level.
Chad let the two catch up and as they approached the finish line, Chad stepped back and conceded the win to his friend and career long mentor of sorts, KC Boutiette.
www.racereports.net /ReportDetail.asp?Race=252   (696 words)

  
 Press Box - ROLLER SPORTS - Olympian KC Boutiette Kicks Off Training at the 2004 USA Roller Sports Outdoor Nationals in ...
Boutiette, who has made skating his life, started on inlines in the early 1990’s and competed under USARS before crossing over to ice ten years ago to pursue his Olympic dream.
The Olympian trains on the ice from November to mid-March and looks at the spring and summer season as a chance to keep in shape and improve skills through inline skating.
Boutiette will be competing in both the banked track and road competitions.
usocpressbox.org /usoc/pressbox.nsf/f0101b73c01bdeb787256611006d7444/e98918acf4a5485485256e9e006d7812?OpenDocument   (553 words)

  
 Long track speedskating at a glance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Whoever is best in tune to the technology by Games time will have the best chance at taking home the medals.
Converted in-line skater KC Boutiette (1000, 1500 and 5000) is probably the top male.
Either way, this isn't likely to be the gold mine it was four years ago, when Blair won double gold (500 and 1000) and Dan Jansen finally came through in the 1000 in his final Olympic race.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/oly/98/02/01/oly-lspdsktcap.2-0.html   (193 words)

  
 The Running Network -- National News -- Article
Winter Olympic speedskating medallists Derek Parra (Orlando), Jennifer Rodriguez (Miami) and KC Boutiette (Park City, Utah) and luge medallist Christopher Thorpe (Marquette, Mich.) are all scheduled to participate in the weekend's festivities, which include the Inline Marathon, Half Marathon, a skate and fitness expo and the All Star Kids Classic races.
Another Olympic speedskater, KC Boutiette, will compete as a professional for the second consecutive year for Team Hyper.
KC Boutiette (Park City, Utah / Speedskating and Inline Skating)
www.runningnetwork.com /news/disneyinlinemarathon04preview.html   (746 words)

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