Eric Arthur Heiden is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Heiden was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games, single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union and East Germany. He is the most successful Winter Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics. He delivered the Athlete's Oath at those same 1980 Games. His coach was Dianne Holum. Heiden is an icon in the speed skating community. His victories are significant, as few speed skaters have won competitions in both sprint and long-distance events. Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have won all five events in a single Olympic tournament and the only one to have won a gold medal in all events.
| Country | USA |
| Sport | Speed skating |
| Personal best(s) | 500 m: 37.63 (1980), 1000 m: 1:13.60 (1980), 1500 m: 1:54.79 (1980), 3000 m: 4:06.47 (1980), 5000 m: 6:59.15 (1979), 10 000 m: 14:28.13 (1980) |
Speed Skater Eric Heiden was born on June 14, 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States (He's 65 years old now).
He broke a record by winning all five individual speed-skating gold medals at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
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Eric Heiden was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1958 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).
He'd practice on a plastic sheet in his residence, skating in place while wearing socks.
He was largely regarded as the greatest American Olympic speed skater of all time, having set a total of ten global speed skating records.
In July of 2001, he married Karen Drews, with whom he had a daughter, Zoe.
He was to speed skating what Swimmer Michael Phelps was to swimming; they both set Olympic records for respective countries.
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