Eric Heiden is one of the most popular and richest Speed Skater who was born on June 14, 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, New York In the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he took home all five gold medals in speed skating and broke a record held by other athletes.
He was speed skating the way He was to speed skating what Michael Phelps became to swimming; they both set records for their country at the Olympic games. became to swimming. Both achieved records for their countries during the Olympic games.
Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) 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 (10) and East Germany (9). 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 won the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 1977 and 1978. During his short speed skating career, Heiden won three World Allround Championships and four World Sprint Championships. Three times he broke the world record in the 1000 metres, twice in the 3000 metres, and once each in the 1500 metres and 10000 metres. He also broke the points world record in both allround and the sprinting distances.
He got married Karen Drews, with whom he had a daughter, Zoe in July 2001.
