Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Arthur Heidenis an American former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He who won all of main the men's speed skating races that he could have won during his active years. Heiden won unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. He was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games, single-handedly winning more gold medals than...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSpeed Skater
Date of Birth14 June 1958
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
He is going his own way. He is not a team player.
I didn't get into skating to be famous.
When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.
I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.
When you think about these single distances championships and these World Cup races, people can make a career out of skating one or two distances.