Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating

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Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, achieving one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Games history.

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instanceOf human
awardReceived ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
surface form: ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year

Oscar Mathisen Award
Sullivan Award
competitionClass men’s speed skating
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1958-06-14
educatedAt Stanford University
Stanford Medicine
surface form: Stanford University School of Medicine
familyName Heiden
fieldOfWork sports medicine
givenName Eric
hasWonAllEventsInDisciplineAtSingleOlympics men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
isConsideredOneOf greatest speed skaters of all time
memberOf United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
United States Olympic Hall of Fame
name Eric Heiden
notableFor one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Olympics history
sweeping all men’s speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics
winning five individual gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
numberOfGoldMedalsAt1980WinterOlympics 5
occupation cyclist
orthopedic surgeon
speed skater
OlympicGames 1976 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
placeOfBirth Madison, Wisconsin, United States
representedByTeam USA Cycling
surface form: United States Olympic cycling team

U.S. short track national team
surface form: United States Olympic speed skating team
residence Utah
surface form: Utah, United States
setRecord Olympic record in multiple speed skating distances at the 1980 Winter Olympics
world record in 1000 m speed skating (period around 1980)
world record in 10000 m speed skating (period around 1980)
world record in 1500 m speed skating (period around 1980)
world record in 3000 m speed skating (period around 1980)
world record in 5000 m speed skating (period around 1980)
sexOrGender male
sport road cycling
speed skating
wonMedal gold medal in 1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
gold medal in 10000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
gold medal in 1500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
gold medal in 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
gold medal in 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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1980 Winter Olympics notablePerformance Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating