Men
USA
Ian Quinn
USA- Date of birth21 Jul 1993
- Height172 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownWest Jordan
- Place of birthSt. Louis, MO
- Start skating Club He took up short track in 2001 in St Louis, MO, United States of America, and switched to speed skating in 2015. Gateway Speed Skating: Kirkwood, MO, USA
- HobbiesCycling, golf, cooking, supporting US baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals. (teamusa.org, 27 Sep 2021; US Speedskating Facebook page, 21 Jul 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019)
- LanguagesEnglish
- FamliyPartner Carlijn Schoutens
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"I use gut instinct. If you try to plan too much you'll end up overthinking it." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 09 Jan 2022)
US distance runner Steve Prefontaine. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2019)
He has sustained a broken ankle during his career. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2019)
Being selected to represent the United States of America in short track at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Warsaw, Poland. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2019)
SHORT TRACK TO SPEED SKATING
He competed in short track before switching to speed skating in 2015. He says he began to specialise in the mass start because of his background in short track. "I'm enjoying long track [speaking in 2020], I feel at home at it. But I miss short track. I love racing. It's a different mentality. Short trackers go with the flow. There's so much luck involved. Things can go well and then something happens you have no control over. In long track when you fail, it's usually your fault. They are two very different worlds. I identify a lot with short track, which is why I've found a home in mass start." (teamusa.org, 27 Sep 2021; stltoday.com, 29 Dec 2020; Athlete, 16 Nov 2019)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served on US Speedskating's Athlete Advisory Council. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019)
He competed in short track before switching to speed skating in 2015. He says he began to specialise in the mass start because of his background in short track. "I'm enjoying long track [speaking in 2020], I feel at home at it. But I miss short track. I love racing. It's a different mentality. Short trackers go with the flow. There's so much luck involved. Things can go well and then something happens you have no control over. In long track when you fail, it's usually your fault. They are two very different worlds. I identify a lot with short track, which is why I've found a home in mass start." (teamusa.org, 27 Sep 2021; stltoday.com, 29 Dec 2020; Athlete, 16 Nov 2019)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served on US Speedskating's Athlete Advisory Council. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019)
He represented the United States of America in short track at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Warsaw, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Nov 2016; teamusa.org, 09 Nov 2016)
He trains for between six and eight hours a day. His schedule includes weight training and cycling as well as sessions on the ice.
"I had a lot of energy. My godfather's sons did short track so I started that."
