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Bookmark or Share- Derek PARRA - Olympics.comDerek Parra was a Mexican-American speed skater who started out as an inline speed skater, but followed the lead of KC Boutiette and Jen Rodriguez and switched to speed skating. On roller skates, Parra was a two-time World Champion and won three US Championships.
- Derek Parra | Encyclopedia.comDerek Parra: 1970 —: Athlete. When Derek Parra set a new world record in the men's 1,500-meter speedskating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he also became the first Mexican-American to win a gold medal at the Salt Lake City Games. Parra was an unlikely victor in the sport of long-track speedskating, having tried it for the first time ...
- Derek Parra - WikipediaDerek Parra (born March 15, 1970) is an American inline skater and speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in Rialto, California, in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- From medalist to mentor, Derek Parra now inspires future OlympiansThe oval is where you'll also find Derek Parra, as the speedskater who won gold in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games now serves as the arena's director of sports.
- For Parra, SL Games brought gold, but came with a priceSpeed skater Derek Parra was an unexpected Olympic champion in 2002, but his favorite moment from those Olympics wasn't the competition — it was carrying the tattered and torn World Trade Center flag into the Opening Ceremonies.
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