Susan Margaret Auch (born March 1, 1966) is a Canadian former speed skater who competed in five

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, winning bronze in the 3000m relay at the

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in Calgary, and the silver in the 500 m events at the

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and the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan. In 1999, Auch announced her retirement from competition, but changed her mind and competed in a fifth Winter Olympics, the 2002 games at

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, but didn't reach the podium and retired after those games. Winnipeg's

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oval is the "Susan Auch Speed Skating Oval." She was inducted into the

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in 2003, the

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in 2010, and

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in 2015. She ran as a Progressive Conservative in Winnipeg's Assiniboia constituency during the 2011 Manitoba provincial election but came in second to the New Democrat's Jim Rondeau.

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Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame profile
* * * * 1966 births Speed skaters from Winnipeg Olympic speed skaters of Canada Olympic short track speed skaters of Canada Canadian female short track speed skaters Short track speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Living people Olympic medalists in speed skating Canadian female speed skaters Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Universiade silver medalists for Canada Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub

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