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.

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Another notable gold medalist was Sheila Young, who finished first in the 500m, second in the 1500m and third in the 1000m. She became the first U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single 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.

That's what we discovered when we made these maps of Olympic gold medals by state. Using the IOC database, we counted all individual Olympic gold medals by Americans since 1924 (the first modern ...

White is looking to make history as the first athlete in any sport at the Olympic Winter Games to win four gold medals in the same individual event. He is the first U.S. man to win a gold medal in the ...

Jordan Stolz became the youngest allround speedskating world champion since Eric ... old won gold in the men's 500 meters. Jonny Nilsson, a Swedish speedskater who won the gold medal in the ...

Two Olympic gold medals have been stolen from the family home of one of Britain's most successful male equestrians. The medals were won by Richard Meade during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and ...

Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence either directly or indirectly on the advancement of ...

It's our rose gold." Amy Sussman/Getty Maher and the rest of Team USA’s feat marked the first-ever Olympic medal for America in the sport, which was won after a dramatic, hard-fought match ...

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