Kimi Goetz (born August 13, 1994) is an American

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who represented the United States at the

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Early life

Raised in Flemington, New Jersey, Goetz got into roller skating as a child. She graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 2012 and headed out to

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, where she saw other inline skaters who had made the transition to speed skating on ice.

Career

During the first day of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Trials, Goetz fell and hit her head and suffered a concussion after a skate technician at the event failed to bolt her blade into her boot properly. As a result, she failed to make the Olympic team. During the summer of 2018, she switched from

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. She represented the United States at the

. At the 2022–23 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Goetz won a bronze medal in the team sprint event.

Personal life

Goetz's boyfriend is Olympic speed skater Mitchell Whitmore.

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* 1994 births Living people American female speed skaters Hunterdon Central Regional High School alumni People from Flemington, New Jersey Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hunterdon County, New Jersey Olympic speed skaters of the United States {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub