Maame Biney Came To The U.S. From Ghana At 5. Now 18, She's A Team USA Speedskater
Born in Ghana and raised in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, Biney is the first African-American woman to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team. Her father is her biggest fan.
Remember this name: Maame Biney.
The short track speedskater just turned 18; she's not even out of high school. But she's already one of the biggest U.S. names at the Winter Olympics.
When , with a personal-best time of 43.161 seconds, she became the first African-American woman ever to qualify for a U.S. Olympic speedskating team. (Twenty-five-year-old Erin Jackson is the second, qualifying in
