US skater Eric Heiden in action in the 1,500m event at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Photo: AP
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Winter Olympics: Eric Heiden, the greatest of all time, ‘imagine Usain Bolt winning the 200m, middle distances and 10,000m in a single Games’
- At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 21-year-old American speed skater made a historic clean sweep of five track gold medals in a performance yet to be matched
- He went on to pursue a successful career as a cyclist before entering Stanford University and qualifying as a medical doctor
US skater Eric Heiden in action in the 1,500m event at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Photo: AP