This past May 17, Eric Heiden stood behind a lectern, shuffled some papers and addressed the U.S. speed skating community at an awards ceremony. “Well, were there any doubters last year that we ...

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 question ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 1980 Lake Placid Winter ...

1980 — Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal and shatters the world record by six seconds in 10,000-meter speed skating at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Eric Heiden, of Madison, Wis. speeds past ...

Dr. Eric Heiden, winner of 5 gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, is shown with his medals infront of a display case of memorabilia at his medical practice Friday, ...

Eric Heiden, MD, is a former Olympic speed skater and gold medalist. This year, now Dr. Heiden, he has returned to the Olympics as the team physician for the U.S. speed skating team, according to a ...

Not only was Eric Heiden part of the legendary 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., he was dominant. As part of a 13-member contingent from Wisconsin, the Madison native won five individual gold ...

American Jordan Stolz capped one of the best speed skating seasons of all time by winning the sport’s most storied event in world record fashion. Stolz, a 19-year-old from Wisconsin, became the ...

When the Olympic Games opened in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February, a CU Engineering graduate was among the U.S. athletes, competing against the best of the best. A month after receiving her ...