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Eric Heiden won five speedskating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics, an achievement that has gone unmatched in the 45 years since. A Madison native, Eric Heiden went to the Olympics in 1976 ...
N.B.: Alfred Aufdenblatten, Antenore Cuel, Otto Furrer, Alfons Julen, Herbert Leupold, Maurice Mandrillon, Ville Mattila, Reidar Ødegaard, Daniele Pellissier, Szczepan Witkowski and Robert Zurbriggen have participated at the military patrol at the Winter Olympics but it was just a demonstrative sport, so it's not clear if their Olympic appearance in military patrol is official or not (if it ...
The 2011 Winter Games were ultimately held at venues across the state, although many were able to remain in the Wausau area. [15] That same year, the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation announced that it would discontinue the Badger State Games, after operating at a loss for two years.
Rank Athlete Nation Sport Event Editions 1: Armin Zöggeler Italy Luge: Singles: 1994–2014: 2: 1: 3: 6: 2: Georg Hackl West Germany Germany Luge: Singles: 1988 ...
Despite a formidable haul of 282 medals, amassed over participation in 23 Games, dating back to the first Winter Olympics in 1924, there remains one sport in which a podium spot has thus far ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
Stolz won in the 500 meters, the 1,000 and the 1,500 events over the post-Thanksgiving racing weekend, holding off an impressive Dutch challenger in the process. But really, Stolz’s entire mini ...
In 1979, she won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships, the second female American to do so. Kit Klein had been the first, winning the first official world championship in 1936. Heiden won a bronze medal in the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, skating on an ankle injury that had bothered her for some time. [1]