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{{short description|American speed skater}}
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{{Infobox speed skater
| name           = Eric Heiden
| image          = Eric Heiden2.jpg
| caption        = Heiden in 2007
| headercolor    = #d7ecff
| birth_name     = Eric Arthur Heiden
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1958|6|14}}
| birth_place    = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date     =
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| education      = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
| height 	 = 6 ft 0+1/2 in<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/eric-heiden-1.html |title=Eric Heiden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/eric-heiden-1.html |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| weight 	 = 185 lb<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
| country        = {{USA}}
| sport          = [[Speed skating]]
| pb             = 500&nbsp;m: 37.63 (1980)<br />1000&nbsp;m: 1:13.60&nbsp;(1980)<br />1500&nbsp;m: 1:54.79&nbsp;(1980)<br />3000&nbsp;m: 4:06.47&nbsp;(1980)<br />5000&nbsp;m: 6:59.15&nbsp;(1979)<br />10 000&nbsp;m: 14:28.13&nbsp;(1980)
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{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]|[[Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]|[[Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]|[[Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]|[[Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]]|[[Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Allround Speed Skating Championships|World Allround Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1977 World Championships in Speed Skating|1977 Heerenveen]]|[[World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men|Allround]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1978 World Championships in Speed Skating|1978 Gothenburg]]|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1979 World Championships in Speed Skating|1979 Oslo]]|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1980 World Championships in Speed Skating|1980 Heerenveen]]|Allround}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1977 World Championships in Speed Skating|1977 Alkmaar]]|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men|Sprint]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1978 World Championships in Speed Skating|1978 Lake Placid]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1979 World Championships in Speed Skating|1979 Inzell]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1980 World Championships in Speed Skating|1980 Milwaukee]]|Sprint}}
}}

'''Eric Arthur Heiden''' (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former [[long track speed skating|long track speed skater]], road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games#List of most individual gold medals won at a single Olympic Games|unprecedented]] five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the [[1980 Winter Olympics]]. Heiden was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games, single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except for the [[Soviet Union]] (10) and [[East Germany]] (9).<ref>{{cite book |last=Aquitania |first=Ray E. |year=2010 |title=Jock-Docs: World-Class Athletes Wearing White Coats |publisher=Booklocker.com, Incorporated |isbn=9781609106126}}</ref> He is the most successful Winter Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics. He delivered the [[Olympic Oath|Athlete's Oath]] at those same 1980 Games.  His coach was [[Dianne Holum]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-speedskating/athletes/Eric-Heiden |title=Eric Heiden |work=Team USA |access-date=2018-02-12 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080227/https://www.teamusa.org/us-speedskating/athletes/Eric-Heiden |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Heiden is an icon in the speed skating community. His victories are significant, as few speed skaters (and athletes in general) have won competitions in both sprint and long-distance events. Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have won all five events in a single Olympic tournament and the only one to have won a [[List of Olympic medalists in speed skating|gold medal in all events]]. He is considered by some to be the best overall speed skater (short and long distances) in the sport's history. Heiden ranked No. 46 in ''[[ESPN]]'s [[SportsCentury]] 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century'' in 1999, the only speed skater to make the list. In 2000, a Dutch newspaper called him the greatest skater ever.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.trouw.nl/krantenarchief/2000/02/04/2429057/Vrouwen_snellen_Heiden_nu_voorbij.html |title=Vrouwen snellen Heiden nu voorbij |last=Woldendorp |first=Johan |date=February 4, 2000 |work=[[Trouw]] |language=nl |access-date=February 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902101333/http://www.trouw.nl/krantenarchief/2000/02/04/2429057/Vrouwen_snellen_Heiden_nu_voorbij.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life, education and family==
Heiden was born in [[Madison, Wisconsin]] on June 14, 1958. His father, Jack Heiden, was a longtime orthopedic surgeon in Madison. His sister, [[Beth Heiden]], also became an accomplished cyclist, speed skater and cross-country skier. In their hometown [[Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin]] (a suburb of Madison), Eric and his sister Beth were the driving forces behind the creation of the Heiden Haus, a small outpost where local children can warm up after skating or playing hockey on the [[ice rink]] (complete with underground clay platform).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTyZDAAAQBAJ&q=%22heiden+haus%22+shorewood&pg=PT127 |title=Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of Our State Olympians |last=Garcia |first=Jessie |date=2016-06-30 |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |isbn=9780870207662 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.shorewood-hills.org/index.asp?SEC=9167A934-66D5-43AC-BE54-E34B625D271D&Type=B_BASIC |title=Village Heritage |access-date=2018-02-14 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073626/http://www.shorewood-hills.org/index.asp?SEC=9167A934-66D5-43AC-BE54-E34B625D271D&Type=B_BASIC |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> He graduated from [[Madison West High School]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://captimes.com/news/local/writers/mike_ivey/hometown-hero-eric-heiden-still-makes-his-olympic-presence-felt/article_4f9e2ee6-2f4b-57e8-b6ee-9431ea787308.html|title=Hometown hero Eric Heiden still makes his Olympic presence felt|first=Mike |last=Ivey |date=February 19, 2014|website=The Capital Times}}</ref>

After starting his undergraduate education at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], Heiden transferred to the [[University of California, San Diego]] and then to [[Stanford University]] in [[California]],<ref>{{cite news| periodical=Syracuse Herald-Journal| title=Heiden nixed dash for cash|first=Jim|last=Kosciolek|page=C-1|date=July 22, 1981}}</ref> earning a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in 1984 and an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] degree in 1991.<ref>[https://usopm.org/eric-heiden-five-olympic-gold-medals-were-only-the-start-of-his-success/ Eric Heiden: five Olympic gold medals were only the start of his success] - website of the [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum]]</ref><ref>[https://heidenortho.com/doctors/eric-heiden/ Eric Heiden, M.D.: Orthopedic Knee and Shoulder Surgeon] - website of Heiden Orthopedics</ref>

== Athletic career ==
===Speed skating===
Heiden won the [[World Junior Speed Skating Championships]] in 1977 and 1978. During his short speed skating career, Heiden won three [[World Allround Speed Skating Championships|World Allround Championships]] and four [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]], becoming the youngest athlete to do so. Three times he broke the [[List of world records in speed skating|world record]] in the 1000&nbsp;metres, twice in the 3000&nbsp;metres, and once each in the 1500&nbsp;metres and 10000&nbsp;metres. He also broke the points world record in both allround and the sprinting distances.

Heiden finished his speed skating career by finishing second behind [[Hilbert van der Duim]] at the 1980 [[World Allround Speed Skating Championships|World Allround Championships]] in [[Heerenveen]]. He stood at the top of the Adelskalender, a ranking system for long-track speed skating, for a record 1,495 days,<ref name="ReferenceA" /> and he won the [[Oscar Mathisen Award]] four times in a row from 1977 until 1980. As of {{currentyear}}, he still is the only skater who has won the award four times.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

He received the 1980 [[James E. Sullivan Award]] as the top amateur athlete in the United States. In 1983, he was inducted into the [[United States Olympic Hall of Fame]].

Heiden was elected to the [[Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame]] in 1990.

==== World records ====
[[File:Eric Heiden 1977c.jpg|thumb|Heiden in 1977]]
[[File:Eric Heiden 1977b.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Heiden in 1977]]
[[File:Eric Heiden and Beth Heiden 1977.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Eric and Beth Heiden in 1977 in [[Alkmaar]], the Netherlands]]
[[File:Eric Heiden 1980c.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Heiden in 1980]]
Over the course of Heiden's career he skated 15 [[world record]]s:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Discipline!!Time!!Date!!Location
|-
| 1500 m junior || '''2:02.75''' || January 18, 1976 || align=left| Madonna di Campiglio
|-
| 5000 m junior || '''7:30.23''' || February 20, 1977 || align=left| Inzell
|-
| 1500 m junior || '''1:59.46''' || February 20, 1977 || align=left| Inzell
|-
| Allround junior || '''168.716''' || February 19–20, 1977 || align=left| Inzell
|-
| 3000 m junior || '''4:16.2''' || February 4, 1977 || align=left| Montreal
|-
| Allround junior || '''166.584''' || February 4–5, 1977 || align=left| Montreal
|-
| 5000 m junior || '''7:23.54''' || February 5, 1978 || align=left| Montreal
|-
|[[World record progression 3000 m speed skating men|3000 m]] || '''4:07.01''' || March 2, 1978 || align=left| [[Eisstadion Inzell|Inzell]]
|-
|[[World record progression 1000 m speed skating men|1000 m]] || '''1:14.99''' || March 12, 1978 || align=left| [[Savalen]]
|-
|[[Samalog|Big combination]] || '''162.973''' || February 11, 1979 || align=left| [[Bislett Stadium|Oslo]]
|-
|1000 m || '''1:14.99''' || February 17, 1979 || align=left| Inzell
|-
|3000 m || '''4:06.91''' || March 18, 1979 || align=left| Savalen
|-
|1000 m || '''1:13.60''' || January 13, 1980 || align=left| [[Vaillant Arena|Davos]]
|-
|[[Samalog|Sprint combination]] || '''150.250''' || January 13, 1980 || align=left| Davos
|-
|[[World record progression 1500 m speed skating men|1500 m]] || '''1:54.79''' || January 19, 1980 || align=left| Davos
|-
|[[World record progression 10000 m speed skating men|10000 m]] || '''14:28.13''' || February 23, 1980 || align=left| [[James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink|Lake Placid]]
|}

<ref name=SSStats>{{cite web |title=Eric Heiden |url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1958061401 |publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com |access-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517231944/http://speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1958061401 |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cycling===
After his speed-skating career Heiden became a professional cyclist.

====Track cycling====
As a track cyclist Heiden competed at the [[1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] in [[Brno]], but was not successful. He finished 19th and last in the men's individual pursuit event.

==== Road bicycle racing ====
Heiden became a professional [[racing cyclist]]. He was one of the first cross-over athletes, becoming a founding member of the [[7-Eleven Cycling Team]]. Together with his former speed skating coach (and ex-bike racer), [[Jim Ochowicz]], he conceived of the idea of a European-style sponsored team for North American riders<ref>http://www.velonews.com.506 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> Heiden won a few American professional races. He finished the 1985 Giro d'Italia and took part in the [[1986 Tour de France]], although he did not complete the race, crashing on a downhill stretch and suffering a concussion five days from the finish.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Heiden is believed to have recorded one of the fastest times at 14:10 (1986 or 1987) on one of the local benchmark climbs in [[Woodside, California]]: Old La Honda Road.<ref>[http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/training-world-class-racers-and-weekend-warriors-18649 Training World-class Racers And Weekend Warriors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329014638/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/training-world-class-racers-and-weekend-warriors-18649 |date=March 29, 2009 }}. BikeRadar (2008-09-20). Retrieved on 2012-11-18.</ref> In 1985, Heiden won the first [[United States National Road Race Championships|U.S. Professional Cycling Championship]], becoming the American road race champion.

In 1999, Heiden was inducted into the [[United States Bicycling Hall of Fame]].

== Medical career ==
Heiden completed medical school at [[Stanford University]] in 1991, and orthopedic residency training at [[University of California, Davis]], in 1996, then spent a year at a sports medicine clinic in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. He returned to California to practice as an [[Orthopaedics|orthopedic surgeon]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. At that time, he also served as [[team physician]] for the [[NBA]]'s [[Sacramento Kings]] and the [[Sacramento Monarchs]] of the [[WNBA]]. In 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_19991124/ai_n13845438 Rebate wars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103124521/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_19991124/ai_n13845438 |date=January 3, 2008 }}. Findarticles.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-18.</ref> he was team physician for the U.S. Olympic speed skating team. He opened a sports medicine-based practice at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH) in [[Murray, Utah]] and expanded Heiden Orthopaedics with an additional office in [[Park City, Utah]].

In 2008, Heiden and Massimo Testa published ''Faster, Better, Stronger'', a book about exercise science and exercise programs.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In 2009, Heiden was one of the team of doctors assisting U.S. speed skater [[J.R. Celski]] as the latter recovered from a very bad speed skating crash during the U.S. Olympic trials. Despite cutting himself to the bone and requiring 60 stitches, Celski was able to recover in time for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver, where he won the bronze medal in both men's 1500 m and 5000 m relay.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/j-r-celski-1.html J.R. Celski] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215163430/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ce/j-r-celski-1.html |date=December 15, 2012 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>

==Personal life==
Heiden met fellow medical student Karen Drews while the two were studying at Stanford, and they married in 1995. Karen is a hand surgeon. They have a daughter, Zoe, born in 2001.<ref name="sfgate">{{Cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PROFILE-Eric-Heiden-Olympic-gold-medalist-3308527.php |title=Eric Heiden, Olympic gold medalist / From skates to scalpel / Five-time gold medalist says career in medicine is his greatest achievement |work=San Francisco Chronicle |first=Tom |last=Graham |date=September 22, 2002 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529094554/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PROFILE-Eric-Heiden-Olympic-gold-medalist-3308527.php |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Heiden was offered many sponsorship opportunities after his record-setting performance in the 1980 Winter Olympics, but turned down most of them, saying he had enough money, and preferred the anonymity.<ref name="sfgate" />

A number of American former gold medal winners, including Heiden, were asked to participate in the ceremonies for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], but Heiden declined after he was passed over for the honor of lighting the [[Olympic torch]].  The [[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 U.S. Hockey Team]], which won the gold medal at the 1980 games, was given the honor instead. Heiden said in 2009: "I was probably just too stubborn. I figured if they don't appreciate what I did as a skater, if they don't appreciate now what I am doing as a human being, I'd just as soon hang out with my buddies and watch it. I did not mean to slight the Olympic hockey team in any way."<ref>{{cite news |last=Longman |first=Jere |title=Former Speedskating Champion Heiden Is Staying Close to the Ice |work=The New York Times |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/sports/01heiden.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626163714/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/sports/01heiden.html |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games]]
*[[List of Olympic medalist families]]
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
* Wangrin, Mark (1999). "Eric Heiden: True Gold". In ''ESPN SportsCentury''. New York: Hyperion-ESPN Books. pp.&nbsp;252–3.

==External links==
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* {{ISU speed skater|old_id=52257}}
* [http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1958061401 Eric Heiden] at SpeedSkatingStats.com
* {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=eric-heiden}}
* {{Team USA|old_id=HE/Eric-Heiden|archive=20210614163515}}
* {{Olympics.com|eric-heiden|org_archive=20201206225258}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{InterSportStats|32015}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_576.htm |title=Eric Heiden's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... notes, quotes, photos |website=usolympicteam.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=October 15, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015172845/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_576.htm |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30687.htm |title=Eric Heiden interview on 25th anniversary of Olympic heroics |website=usolympicteam.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=February 18, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218072616/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30687.htm |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1980 |title=IOC 1980 Winter Olympics |website=olympic.org |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218084830/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1980 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30685.htm |title=Current skaters comment on Heiden's legacy |website=usolympicteam.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050225082923/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30685.htm |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30686.htm |title=Race-by-race analysis by Heiden |website=usolympicteam.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050225082843/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11478_30686.htm |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.teamsupportsystems.com/schaatslijst/lijst_m_allround_top10.htm |title=Scientific approach to find the best skater of all times, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (Dutch) |website=teamsupportsystems.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=July 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714135102/http://www.teamsupportsystems.com/schaatslijst/lijst_m_allround_top10.htm |url-status=usurped }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.lettersonpages.com/2009/02/faster-better-stronger-by-eric-heiden/ |title=Book Review of ''Faster, Better, Stronger'' at Letters on Pages |website=lettersonpages.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303211410/http://www.lettersonpages.com/2009/02/faster-better-stronger-by-eric-heiden/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/index.php?section=main&subsection=skater&id=8108 |title=PB's and link Results International Championships Eric Heiden at Speedskatingbase.eu |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523224411/http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/index.php?section=main&subsection=skater&id=8108 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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