Erin Jackson

Erin Jackson's story moves me because of where she started. A Florida kid from Ocala who built her legs on inline skates, she carried that speed onto the ice and became the first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold. That is not just fast; it is path-breaking. The crossover from roller to ice, then straight to the summit, shows rare adaptability and nerve, and balancing it with study at the University of Florida points to real backbone. There is something wonderfully unlikely about a warm-weather athlete conquering a winter peak, and I find her clean, headlong drive easy to admire.

Name (English)

Erin Jackson

Name (Japanese)

エリン・ジャクソン

Reading

えりん・じゃくそん

Born

September 19, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Ocala, Florida, United States

Height

165 cm

Occupation

inline speed skater / speed skater

High school

Forest High School (Florida)

University

University of Florida

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/speedyj/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin%20Jackson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47089195

Tags

• Florida
• inline speed skater
• speed skater

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.