The muscular speed skater never sought the glory, although he skated for the gold. An adoring public thrust it upon him. Eric ... Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Yevgeny Kulikov ...

This past May 17, Eric Heiden stood behind a lectern ... Well, he did." Heiden, arguably the greatest speed skater in history, spent the next 70 seconds listing his fellow Wisconsinite Stolz's ...

No other female speed skater has ever won four golds at a single Games ... U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. 1980 Lake Placid Eric Heiden became an Olympic legend in Lake ...