Bonnie Blair is one of the top skaters of her time and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. She competed for the United States in four Olympics and won five gold medals. Blair was heralded in the media as “the 5’-4’’ Colossus on Skates.” As a cheerful, bright-eyed child, she followed her five older brothers and sisters onto the ice skating rink. Bonnie Blair immediately found a passion for the sport, and began competing in skating at the age of four. She later competed in popular “pack racing” on short tracks but, being small, she had a hard time elbowing her way to...