At 18, American short-track speedskater Maame Biney was one of the youngest members to compete for Team USA and the 2018 Winter Olympics Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. When Biney swept the 500m short track races at the Winter Olympic trials that December, she became the first African-American woman to qualify for a U.S. speedskating Olympic team. Coming off the 2018 Winter Olympics, Biney dominated the competition in the 500-meter at the ISU World Junior Short Track Championship 2018 becoming the first U.S. woman to ever win a junior world title finishing in 44.305 seconds and breaking a junior world record. At the 2021 U.S. National Championships, Maame swept the podium winning gold in the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m. During the 2022 Winter Olympic, Maame headed into the Games at a media darling with a strong sponsor roster featuring the likes of Visa, Proctor & Gamble, Delta, Panasonic, Red Bull, SKIMS, Tempo and KT Tape.
Hometown: Reston, Virginia, USA
Birthdate: 1/28/2000
Career highlights include:
2018 and 2022 US Olympian
2021 US Champion, 500m, 1000m, 1500m
2019 Junior Overall Short Track Champion
2019 World Junior Champion, 500m
Made history as the first African-born woman to compete for Team USA at an
Olympic Winter Games and the second African-born athlete to represent the U.S.
at the Winter Olympics
Made history again in 2018 by becoming the first U.S. woman to win a World Junior Championship in short track speedskating
