Erin
Jackson
Erin Jackson is a long track speed skater from Ocala, Florida, who lives in Utah, trains with the U.S. national team at the Utah Olympic Oval and earned an associate degree from Salt Lake Community College. She won the 500 meters at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, carried the U.S. flag at the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony, and set the American 500m record of 36.57 at the Oval in November 2025. She is on the 2026-27 US Speedskating Long Track National Team.
Who is Erin Jackson?
Erin Jackson from Ocala, Florida competes in long track speed skating (500m) for the US Speedskating Long Track National Team. 2022 Olympic 500m champion (37.04); American 500m record 36.57 (Utah Olympic Oval, 2025); 500m World Cup champion 2023-24 and 2024-25
Ocala to the Utah Olympic Oval
US Speedskating and Team USA print Jackson's hometown as Ocala, Florida, and her education as the University of Florida. KSL's list of Utah's 2026 Winter Olympians described her as a Utah resident, the Salt Lake Tribune called her a Utahn, and the Deseret News reported that she earned an associate degree in computer science from Salt Lake Community College in 2020 and gave SLCC's 2024 commencement address. US Speedskating's long track national team is coached at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.
Olympic champion
At Beijing 2022 she won the 500m in 37.04, ahead of Japan's Miho Takagi, US Speedskating reported, and it said she was the first Black woman to win an individual speed skating gold medal. At Milano Cortina 2026 she and bobsledder Frank Del Duca carried the U.S. flag at the opening ceremony, and she finished fifth in the 500m in 37.32, 0.05 off the podium, and sixth in the 1,000m. Read the full profile story.
An American record at home
On Nov. 16, 2025, at the World Cup opener at the Utah Olympic Oval, she skated 36.57 for silver, breaking the American record, US Speedskating reported. She won the 500m World Cup overall title in 2023-24 and 2024-25, by her US Speedskating profile, and has won team sprint silver at the World Championships in 2023 and 2024.
The 2026-27 season
US Speedskating named her to its 2026-27 Long Track National Team on July 7, 2026. The ISU World Cup returns to the Utah Olympic Oval on Jan. 29-31, 2027, and the World Championships are in Beijing on Feb. 25-28. She is one of the Utah athletes followed on the Utah 2034 Olympics hub.
At a glance
Team
US Speedskating Long Track National Team
Event
long track speed skating (500m)
Hometown
Ocala, Florida
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Key achievements
- Olympic gold medalist, 500m, Beijing 2022 (37.04)
- First Black woman to win an individual speed skating gold medal, per US Speedskating
- American record in the 500m, 36.57, at the Utah Olympic Oval (Nov. 16, 2025)
- 500m World Cup overall champion, 2023-24 and 2024-25, per US Speedskating
- U.S. flag bearer at the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony; fifth in the 2026 Olympic 500m
- World Championship team sprint silver, 2023 and 2024
- Named to the 2026-27 US Speedskating Long Track National Team (July 7, 2026)
Official sources
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- US Speedskating: Introducing the 2026-27 Long Track National Team (July 7, 2026)usspeedskating.org
- US Speedskating: Erin Jackson athlete profileusspeedskating.org
- US Speedskating: Jackson makes history with first gold medal of Beijing 2022 (Feb. 13, 2022)usspeedskating.org
- US Speedskating: Men's team pursuit smashes its own world record in World Cup opener on home ice (Nov. 17, 2025)usspeedskating.org
- NBC Washington: Erin Jackson finishes fifth in women's 500m (Feb. 15, 2026)nbcwashington.com
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- NBC Olympics: Erin Jackson, Frank Del Duca named Team USA flag bearers (Feb. 3, 2026)nbcolympics.com
- KSL: Utah's 2026 Winter Olympians (Feb. 4, 2026)ksl.com
- Salt Lake Tribune: Utahn Erin Jackson will be U.S. flag bearer (Feb. 4, 2026)sltrib.com
- Deseret News: Salt Lake Community College graduation (May 3, 2024)deseret.com
- ISU: Speed skating event calendar 2026-27 (April 27, 2026)isu-skating.com
- US Speedskating: 2027 ISU World Cup Long Track #5usspeedskating.org
What each source confirms
- US Speedskating: Introducing the 2026-27 Long Track National Team (July 7, 2026)
- Read 2026-11-01. Women: Erin Jackson, Greta Myers, Chrysta Rands-Evans, Sarah Warren, Piper Yde; coached 'at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah.' This is the affiliation source.
- US Speedskating: Erin Jackson athlete profile
- Read 2026-11-01: hometown Ocala, FL; University of Florida; 500m World Cup overall champion 2023-24 and 2024-25; World Championships team sprint silver 2023 and 2024; 500m fifth at worlds 2023, 2024, 2025; Four Continents 500m gold 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- US Speedskating: Jackson makes history with first gold medal of Beijing 2022 (Feb. 13, 2022)
- 500m gold in 37.04, ahead of Miho Takagi (37.12) and Angelina Golikova (37.21); 'Jackson becomes the first Black woman to win an individual speed skating Gold Medal.'
- US Speedskating: Men's team pursuit smashes its own world record in World Cup opener on home ice (Nov. 17, 2025)
- Jackson silver in 36.87 on Saturday and 36.57 on Sunday at the Utah Olympic Oval; 'Her Sunday time broke an American Record.'
- NBC Washington: Erin Jackson finishes fifth in women's 500m (Feb. 15, 2026)
- Fifth in 37.32, 0.05 off the podium; Femke Kok gold in an Olympic-record 36.49; hopes to qualify for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
- NBC Olympics: Erin Jackson, Frank Del Duca named Team USA flag bearers (Feb. 3, 2026)
- Opening ceremony flag bearers; 'only the eighth speed skater to be selected as a Team USA flagbearer.'
- KSL: Utah's 2026 Winter Olympians (Feb. 4, 2026)
- 'Erin Jackson; Salt Lake Community College, Utah resident.'
- Salt Lake Tribune: Utahn Erin Jackson will be U.S. flag bearer (Feb. 4, 2026)
- Headline calls her a Utahn; 'a Salt Lake Community College alumna.'
- Deseret News: Salt Lake Community College graduation (May 3, 2024)
- Associate degree in computer science from SLCC in 2020; continues to study at the college; 2024 commencement keynote speaker.
- ISU: Speed skating event calendar 2026-27 (April 27, 2026)
- World Cup Salt Lake City Jan. 29-31, 2027; World Championships Beijing Feb. 25-28, 2027.
- US Speedskating: 2027 ISU World Cup Long Track #5
- Jan. 29-31, 2027, Salt Lake City, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns.
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