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 1 
Eric Heiden
(American Former Long Track Speed Skater, Road and Track Cyclist and Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist)
Eric Heiden
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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.

 2 
Sven Kramer
(Retired Dutch Long Track Speed Skater)
Sven Kramer
4
Birthdate: April 23, 1986
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 3 
Bonnie Blair
(Speed Skater)
Bonnie Blair
4
Birthdate: March 18, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cornwall, New York, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 4 
Ireen Wüst
(Speed Skater)
Ireen Wüst
4
Birthdate: April 1, 1986
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Goirle, Netherlands
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 5 
Erin Jackson
(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Erin Jackson
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Birthdate: September 19, 1992
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ocala, Florida, United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 6 
Johann Olav Koss
(Norwegian Speed Skater)
Johann Olav Koss
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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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 7 
Lee Sang-hwa
(South Korean Retired Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Lee Sang-hwa
1
Birthdate: February 25, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 8 
Shani Davis
(American Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Shani Davis
4
Birthdate: August 13, 1982
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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 9 
Anni Friesinger-Postma
(German Former Speed Skater)
Anni Friesinger-Postma
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Birthdate: January 11, 1977
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bad Reichenhall, Germany
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 10 
Kjeld Nuis
(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Kjeld Nuis
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Birthdate: November 10, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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 11 
Miho Takagi
(Japanese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Miho Takagi
1
Birthdate: May 22, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 12 
Nao Kodaira
(Japanese Former Long-Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Nao Kodaira
1
Birthdate: May 26, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chino, Nagano, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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 13 
Joey Cheek
(American Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Joey Cheek
1
Birthdate: June 22, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 14 
Jorien ter Mors
(Dutch Speed Skater)
Jorien ter Mors
1
Birthdate: December 21, 1989
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Enschede, Netherlands
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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 15 
Mo Tae-bum
(South Korean Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Mo Tae-bum
1
Birthdate: February 15, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Christine Witty
(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Christine Witty
1
Birthdate: June 23, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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 17 
Claudia Pechstein
(Speed Skater)
Claudia Pechstein
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Birthdate: February 22, 1972
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: East Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 18 
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
(Speed skater)
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
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Birthdate: September 7, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sondershausen, Germany
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 19 
Sheila Young
(American Retired Speed Skater and Track Cyclist)
Sheila Young
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Birthdate: October 14, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birmingham, Michigan, United States
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 20 
Jutta Leerdam
(Dutch Speed Skater)
Jutta Leerdam
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Birthdate: December 30, 1998
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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 21 
Karin Enke
(Skater)
Karin Enke
3
Birthdate: June 20, 1961
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 22 
Gao Tingyu
(Chinese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Gao Tingyu
1
Birthdate: December 15, 1997
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yichun, China
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 23 
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
(Norwegian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
1
Birthdate: October 2, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bergen, Norway
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 24 
Christine Nesbitt
(Canadian Retired Long Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Christine Nesbitt
1
Birthdate: May 17, 1985
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 25 
Marianne Timmer
(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Marianne Timmer
1
Birthdate: October 3, 1974
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sappemeer, Netherlands
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 26 
Jack Shea
(American Speed Skater and the First American to Win Two Gold Medals at One Winter Olympics)
Jack Shea
3
Birthdate: September 7, 1910
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lake Placid, New York, United States
Died: January 22, 2002
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 27 
Nils van der Poel
(Speed skater)
Nils van der Poel
3
Birthdate: April 25, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trollhättan, Sweden
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 28 
Catriona Le May Dolan
(Speed skater)
Catriona Le May Dolan
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Birthdate: December 23, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Canada
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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 29 
Clas Thunberg
(Speed Skater)
Clas Thunberg
3
Birthdate: April 5, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: April 28, 1973
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 30 
Zhang Hong
(Chinese Long-Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Zhang Hong
1
Birthdate: April 12, 1988
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Heilongjiang, China
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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 31 
Viktor Ahn
(Russian Short-Track Speed Skating Coach and Retired Short-Track Speed Skater)
Viktor Ahn
3
Birthdate: November 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Judy Martz
(22nd Governor of Montana and First woman governor of Montana)
Judy Martz
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Birthdate: July 28, 1943
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Big Timber, Montana, United States
Died: October 30, 2017
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 33 
Hiroyasu Shimizu
(Japanese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Hiroyasu Shimizu
1
Birthdate: February 27, 1974
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 34 
Anne Henning
(American Retired Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Anne Henning
1
Birthdate: September 6, 1955
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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 35 
Cindy Klassen
(Long Track Speed Skater)
Cindy Klassen
3
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.

 36 
Lidiya Skoblikova
(Russian Speed Skater and Coach)
Lidiya Skoblikova
3
Birthdate: March 8, 1939
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zlatoust, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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 37 
Koen Verweij
(Dutch Former Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Koen Verweij
4
Birthdate: August 26, 1990
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 38 
Casey FitzRandolph
(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Casey FitzRandolph
1
Birthdate: January 21, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Verona, Wisconsin, Casey FitzRandolph
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 39 
Ivar Ballangrud
(Speed Skater)
Ivar Ballangrud
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Birthdate: March 7, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lunner Municipality, Norway
Died: June 1, 1969
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 40 
Charles Jewtraw
(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Charles Jewtraw
1
Birthdate: May 5, 1900
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Clinton County, New York, United States
Died: January 26, 1996
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 41 
Svetlana Zhurova
(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Svetlana Zhurova
1
Birthdate: January 7, 1972
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pavlovo, Russia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 42 
Yevgeny Grishin
(Russian Speedskater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Yevgeny Grishin
2
Birthdate: March 23, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tula, Russia
Died: July 9, 2005
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 43 
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
(German Former Speed Skater and Track Cyclist)
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
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Birthdate: December 4, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weißwasser, Germany
 44 
Lara van Ruijven
(Dutch Short Track Speed Skater)
Lara van Ruijven
4
Birthdate: December 28, 1992
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naaldwijk, Netherlands
Died: July 10, 2020
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 45 
Ken Henry
(American Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Ken Henry
1
Birthdate: January 7, 1929
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 1, 2009
 46 
Michel Mulder
(Dutch Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Michel Mulder
1
Birthdate: February 27, 1986
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zwolle, Netherlands
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 47 
Tatyana Averina
(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Tatyana Averina
1
Birthdate: June 25, 1950
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: August 22, 2001
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 48 
Yvonne van Gennip
(One of the Most Successful Female Dutch All-Round Speed Skaters)
Yvonne van Gennip
3
Birthdate: May 1, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 49 
Patrick Roest
(Dutch Professional Long Track Speed Skater)
Patrick Roest
3
Birthdate: December 7, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lekkerkerk, Netherlands
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 50 
Lyudmila Titova
(Russian Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Lyudmila Titova
1
Birthdate: March 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chita, Russia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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