Speedskater Eric Heiden, the Wisconsin native who captured Olympic history with five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympics, posted a picture of the skates he wore and posed an interesting ...

Eric Heiden never asked for his moment of fame ... N.Y., Heiden accomplished what no Olympian had ever done -- he won five individual gold medals in a single Olympics, be it Summer or Winter.

U.S. Olympic speedskater Eric Heiden was the first person to win five gold medals at a single games, setting 4 Olympic records and 1 world record in the process. Here, he wins the 1500 meters event.