Joe Donoghue
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Joseph F. Donoghue was a speed skater
. He became the first speed skating World Champion in 1891. He was a member of the Manhattan Athletic Club
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Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. He became the first speed skating World Champion in 1891. He was a member of the Manhattan Athletic Club
Manhattan Athletic Club
The Manhattan Athletic Club was an athletic club in Manhattan, New York.The Manhattan Athletic Club was organized on November 7, 1877, and legally incorporated on April 1, 1878. Its emblem was a "cherry diamond"....
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