Eric Heiden won thirteen medals, including five Olympic medals and eight at the World Championships during his HOF career. All of his 5 Olympic medals were gold, and he won all of them in a single ...

Dr. Eric Heiden, winner of five gold medals in speedskating at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., poses with his medals in 2010 near his home in Park City, Utah.

Even after all these years, Eric Heiden still marvels at what he accomplished during those nine days in the tiny village of Lake Placid. Five speedskating races, ranging from an all-out sprint of ...