Nathaniel H. "Neil" Blatchford, IV (born October 5, 1945) is a retired American

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

who specialized in the 500 m sprint. In this event he finished in 5th and 15th place at the

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and

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, respectively. He finished second in this distance at the 1968 and 1969 world championships. He was the US Intermediate Champion in 1963 and won the All-around title in 1964. Personal bests: *500 m – 38.46 (1972) *1000 m – 1:21.7 (1972) *1500 m – 2:12.9 (1972) *5000 m – 8:36.9 (1969)

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Neil Blatchford
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