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Eric Heiden

(American Former Long Track Speed Skater, Road and Track Cyclist and Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: June 14, 1958

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Eric Heiden is a former track cyclist, road cyclist, and long track speed skater. At the 1980 Winter Olympics, Heiden won five individual gold medals, setting one world record and four Olympic records in the process. The most successful athlete at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Heiden won more gold medals than all other nations except East Germany and Soviet Union.

Sven Kramer

(Retired Dutch Long Track Speed Skater)

Birthdate: April 23, 1986

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Heerenveen, Netherlands

Bonnie Blair

(Speed Skater)

Birthdate: March 18, 1964

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Cornwall, New York, United States

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Ireen Wüst

(Speed Skater)

Birthdate: April 1, 1986

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Goirle, Netherlands

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Lee Sang-hwa

(South Korean Retired Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: February 25, 1989

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Johann Olav Koss

(Norwegian Speed Skater)

Birthdate: October 29, 1968

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Drammen, Norway

Johann Olav Koss is a Norwegian former speed skater best known for winning three gold medals at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. He is also known for winning gold and a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville. In 2018, Koss became a member of the Olympians for Life project, which aims at making the world a better place.

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Erin Jackson

(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: September 19, 1992

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Ocala, Florida, United States

Shani Davis

(American Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: August 13, 1982

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Kjeld Nuis

(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: November 10, 1989

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands

Nao Kodaira

(Japanese Former Long-Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: May 26, 1986

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Chino, Nagano, Japan

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Anni Friesinger-Postma

(German Former Speed Skater)

Birthdate: January 11, 1977

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Bad Reichenhall, Germany

Miho Takagi

(Japanese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: May 22, 1994

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

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Joey Cheek

(American Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: June 22, 1979

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Jorien ter Mors

(Dutch Speed Skater)

Birthdate: December 21, 1989

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Enschede, Netherlands

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Mo Tae-bum

(South Korean Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: February 15, 1989

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Christine Witty

(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: June 23, 1975

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States

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Claudia Pechstein

(Speed Skater)

Birthdate: February 22, 1972

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: East Berlin, Germany

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann

(Speed skater)

Birthdate: September 7, 1966

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Sondershausen, Germany

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Sheila Young

(American Retired Speed Skater and Track Cyclist)

Birthdate: October 14, 1950

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Birmingham, Michigan, United States

Gao Tingyu

(Chinese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: December 15, 1997

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Yichun, China

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Karin Enke

(Skater)

Birthdate: June 20, 1961

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Dresden, Germany

Jutta Leerdam

(Dutch Speed Skater)

Birthdate: December 30, 1998

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands

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Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

(Norwegian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: October 2, 1992

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Bergen, Norway

Christine Nesbitt

(Canadian Retired Long Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: May 17, 1985

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia

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Marianne Timmer

(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: October 3, 1974

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Sappemeer, Netherlands

Jack Shea

(American Speed Skater and the First American to Win Two Gold Medals at One Winter Olympics)

Birthdate: September 7, 1910

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Lake Placid, New York, United States

Died: January 22, 2002

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Nils van der Poel

(Speed skater)

Birthdate: April 25, 1996

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Trollhättan, Sweden

Catriona Le May Dolan

(Speed skater)

Birthdate: December 23, 1970

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Saskatoon, Canada

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Zhang Hong

(Chinese Long-Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: April 12, 1988

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Heilongjiang, China

Clas Thunberg

(Speed Skater)

Birthdate: April 5, 1893

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland

Died: April 28, 1973

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Viktor Ahn

(Russian Short-Track Speed Skating Coach and Retired Short-Track Speed Skater)

Birthdate: November 23, 1985

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Hiroyasu Shimizu

(Japanese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: February 27, 1974

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan

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Anne Henning

(American Retired Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: September 6, 1955

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Cindy Klassen

(Long Track Speed Skater)

Birthdate: August 12, 1979

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada

Cindy Klassen is a Canadian former long track speed skater. She is best known for winning a gold medal, two silver medals, and two bronze medals at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Cindy Klassen also won a gold medal each at the 2003 and 2006 World Allround Championships.

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Koen Verweij

(Dutch Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: August 26, 1990

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Alkmaar, Netherlands

Casey FitzRandolph

(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: January 21, 1974

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Verona, Wisconsin, Casey FitzRandolph

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Lidiya Skoblikova

(Russian Speed Skater and Coach)

Birthdate: March 8, 1939

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Zlatoust, Russia

Michel Mulder

(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: February 27, 1986

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Zwolle, Netherlands

Ivar Ballangrud

(Speed Skater)

Birthdate: March 7, 1904

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Lunner Municipality, Norway

Died: June 1, 1969

Charles Jewtraw

(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: May 5, 1900

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Clinton County, New York, United States

Died: January 26, 1996

Svetlana Zhurova

(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: January 7, 1972

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Pavlovo, Russia

Yevgeny Grishin

(Russian Speedskater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: March 23, 1931

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Tula, Russia

Died: July 9, 2005

Christa Luding-Rothenburger

(German Former Speed Skater and Track Cyclist)

Birthdate: December 4, 1959

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Weißwasser, Germany

Lara van Ruijven

(Dutch Short Track Speed Skater)

Birthdate: December 28, 1992

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Naaldwijk, Netherlands

Died: July 10, 2020

Ken Henry

(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: January 7, 1929

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: March 1, 2009

Tatyana Averina

(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: June 25, 1950

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Died: August 22, 2001

Yvonne van Gennip

(One of the Most Successful Female Dutch All-Round Speed Skaters)

Birthdate: May 1, 1964

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands

Patrick Roest

(Dutch Professional Long Track Speed Skater)

Birthdate: December 7, 1995

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Lekkerkerk, Netherlands

Lyudmila Titova

(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Birthdate: March 26, 1946

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Chita, Russia

Uwe-Jens Mey

(German Former Speed Skater)

Birthdate: December 13, 1963

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland

List of famous speed skaters, including record holders and Olympic medalists in speed skating.