![Speed skater Beth Heiden (USA)wins the bronze medal in the women's 3,000m at the1980 Olympic Winter Games Stock Photo - Alamy Speed skater Beth Heiden (USA)wins the bronze medal in the women's 3,000m at the1980 Olympic Winter Games Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/7227a2dc4d6348b8b77f75d0e06624a6/2ca0k41.jpg)
Speed skater Beth Heiden (USA)wins the bronze medal in the women's 3,000m at the1980 Olympic Winter Games Stock Photo - Alamy
![Eric Heiden Speed Skating Star photo by Annie Leibovitz for American Express 1987. | Annie leibovitz photography, Annie leibovitz, Anne leibovitz Eric Heiden Speed Skating Star photo by Annie Leibovitz for American Express 1987. | Annie leibovitz photography, Annie leibovitz, Anne leibovitz](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/09/20/2c/09202c78800d8f76d4bb83eaf390caf8.jpg)
Eric Heiden Speed Skating Star photo by Annie Leibovitz for American Express 1987. | Annie leibovitz photography, Annie leibovitz, Anne leibovitz
![Eric Heiden: five Olympic gold medals were only the start of his success | U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum Eric Heiden: five Olympic gold medals were only the start of his success | U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum](https://usopm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/heiden-lake-placid-1980.jpg)
Eric Heiden: five Olympic gold medals were only the start of his success | U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Wisconsin Historical Museum - Happy Birthday, Olympian Eric Heiden! On this day in 1958, Heiden was born in Madison. Olympic champion athlete, Heiden began serious competition in 1976 when he placed seventh
![Wisconsin speedskater Jordan Stolz touted as next Olympic champion Eric Heiden | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Journal Wisconsin speedskater Jordan Stolz touted as next Olympic champion Eric Heiden | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Journal](https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.miningjournal.net/images/2023/03/08215952/3-9-6b-skating.jpg)
Wisconsin speedskater Jordan Stolz touted as next Olympic champion Eric Heiden | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Journal
![Speed skating, Eisschnelllauf Eric Heiden Speed skater Eric Heiden (USA) training at the Wisconsin O Speed skating, Eisschnelllauf Eric Heiden Speed skater Eric Heiden (USA) training at the Wisconsin O](https://cdn.imago-images.com/bild/sp/0047739091/m.jpg)
Speed skating, Eisschnelllauf Eric Heiden Speed skater Eric Heiden (USA) training at the Wisconsin O
![Lake Placid, 1980: Speed Skaters Eric and Beth Heiden | See the History of the Olympics in TIME Covers | TIME.com Lake Placid, 1980: Speed Skaters Eric and Beth Heiden | See the History of the Olympics in TIME Covers | TIME.com](https://olympics.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/1980-02111.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1)