Randall
consultant short track speed skater
Randy Bartz was born on October 7, 1968, in Roseville, Minnesota. He began skating with the Roseville Novice Club at age seven and later became associated with the Midway Speedskating Club, a Minnesota organization based in the Twin Cities that has supported short-track development and competitive speed skating.
Bartz studied mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota and received a Bachelor of Science degree. The university, founded in 1851, is Minnesota's principal public research institution and has long combined engineering education with scientific and industrial research relevant to the state's manufacturing and technology sectors.
Bartz competed internationally in short-track speed skating during the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the 5,000-meter relay at the 1991 World Winter University Games in Sapporo and a bronze medal in the same relay at the 1993 World Winter University Games in Zakopane. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he skated the first leg of the United States team in the men's 5,000-meter relay, which finished second behind Italy and won the silver medal.
After his skating career, Bartz worked in polymer research at 3M Company. 3M was a major Minnesota-based diversified technology and manufacturing company whose research programs encompassed materials, coatings, adhesives, and other industrial products. He subsequently worked in business consulting for Computer Sciences Corporation, a technology-services company that provided information-technology and management services to large organizations.
In 1998, Bartz served as a short-track speed-skating commentator for CBS Sports during the Winter Olympic coverage from Nagano. He later entered the coatings industry and, from 2000, became associated with Coating Resources, serving as a principal representative and coatings consultant. His professional work has included coating evaluation and selection, specification assistance, technical presentations, failure analysis, and jobsite consultation. Coating Resources operates as a representative and consulting organization serving industrial, municipal, and specialty architectural coating markets.
Bartz won a silver medal as a member of the United States men's 5,000-meter relay team at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He skated the first leg of the Olympic final, in which the United States finished second to Italy.
He won a silver medal in the 5,000-meter relay at the 1991 World Winter University Games in Sapporo, Japan.
He won a bronze medal in the 5,000-meter relay at the 1993 World Winter University Games in Zakopane, Poland.
Bartz is associated with the Construction Specifications Institute, the Association for Materials Protection and Performance, the American Water Works Association, and the Minnesota Rural Water Association. These organizations support construction documentation and professional practice, protective-coatings technology, water-system management, and rural water infrastructure.
Physical Characteristics: Olympedia records Bartz's height as 175 centimeters and weight as 75 kilograms.
