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Heiden

American  
[hahyd-n] / ˈhaɪd n /

noun

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


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He is being compared to Eric Heiden, who won five Olympic gold medals in Lake Placid in 1980.

From Washington Post

Stolz knows how tough it would be to replicate Heiden’s Olympic performance, especially in today’s more specialized speedskating world.

From Washington Times

But the Olympic program now includes two events that weren’t around in Heiden’s era, the mass start and team pursuit.

From Washington Times

If he wants to be a world all-around champion, like Heiden and Davis, he’ll have to skate them both.

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Then, just three weeks later, he wiped out the big boys - joining Heiden and his sister Beth as the only skaters to claim both junior and senior world titles in the same year.

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