Mennonite Brethren Olympian on coin

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Olympian speed skater Cindy Klassen is the only individual athlete to be commemorated in the Royal Canadian Mint's Olympic coin series. Klassen is a member of a Mennonite Brethren congregation

Klassen is on the flip side of Queen Elizabeth on the new 25-cent piece released into circulation Tuesday. Two teams, the 2002 men's and women's ice hockey teams, have been similarly immortalized.

Together with the bronze medal she won in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the five medals in the 2006 Winter Olympics, Klassen has won more Olympic medals than any other Canadian athlete—male or female—in any sport, according to a report by Ingrid Koss.

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