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Heiden

American  
[hahyd-n] / ˈhaɪd n /

noun

  1. Eric, born 1958, U.S. speed skater.


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Klaebo breaks the previous record of five golds from a single Games, held by American speed skater Eric Heiden since the Lake Placid Olympics of 1980.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The last skater to achieve the double was American Eric Heiden who won all five titles at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

What Heiden said would happen is exactly what happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"People really need an early warning in order to determine what to do," says Paul Heiden, chief executive of Optics11, a Dutch firm that also makes fibre optic acoustic sensing systems.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

Er ist das Heil und selig Licht Fuer alle Heiden, Zu 'rleuchten, die dich kennen nicht Und zu weiden, Er ist dein's Volks Israel Der Preis, Ehr', Freud' und Wonne.

From The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to their original melodies; with an English version by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey