1. Clas Thunberg (1893)

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Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals at the 1924 Chamonix and 1928 St. Moritz Olympic games.

2. Roald Larsen (1898)

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Norwegian speed skater who won six Olympic medals, including two silvers and four bronzes.

3. Ivar Ballangrud (1904)

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Norwegian speed skater and four-time Olympic champion, he was the only Olympian to win three golds in 1936.

4. Apolo Ohno (1982)

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American speed skater who won several medals in three Winter Olympic games, including a gold at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. He won the fourth season of Dancing...

5. Jennifer Rodriguez (1976)

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Cuban-American speed skater represented the United States in four straight Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2010, winning bronze medals in the 1,000 and 1,500 meters in 2002. In 2005, she...

6. Jack Shea (1910)

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American speed skater nicknamed The Chief who won two gold medals at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid.

7. Kenneth Kennedy (1913)

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Speed skater who in 1936 became Australia's first competitor at the Winter Olympics.

8. Hjalmar Andersen (1923)

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Norwegian speed skater who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, winning the 1500 meter, 5000 meter, and 10000 meter races.

9. Lee Sang-hwa (1989)

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Long track speed skater who took home gold medals in the 500 meter event at the 2010 Vancouver Games and the 2014 Sochi Games. She's also captured three golds in...

10. Liu Shaolin (1995)

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Famous as a short track speed skater who led Hungary to their first ever Olympic gold at the 2018 games in the 500 meter relay. He finished in 5th place...

11. Yevgeny Grishin (1931)

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Russian speed skater and four-time Olympic gold medalist, he won two golds in 1956 and two in 1960.

12. Kevin Scott (1969)

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Kevin Scott is a famous Speed Skater, who was born on November 12, 1969 in Canada. Speed skater who competed in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. He was also...

13. Lidiya Skoblikova (1939)

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Russian speed skater who won six Olympic gold medals, including four in 1964 at the Innsbruck Olympics.

14. Ard Schenk (1944)

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Former speed skater from the Netherlands who competed in his first Olympics in 1968 and won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympics.

15. Tatyana Averina (1950)

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Russian speed skater who won two Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Innsbruck games, in the 1000 and 3000 meter races.

16. Sheila Young (1950)

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Speed skater and cyclist who had won a gold, silver, and bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics in speed skating.

17. Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976)

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Recognized as one of the greatest speed skating sprinters of all time, he won gold medals in the sprint at the 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003 World Championships.

18. Dianne Holum (1951)

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Speed skater who won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters and silver in the 3,000 meters at the 1972 Olympics.

19. Suzanne Schulting (1997)

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Speed skater who won Netherlands' first gold medal in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She became one of the youngest ever Dutch Winter Olympic champions as a result.

20. Ahn Hyun-Soo (1985)

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Ahn Hyun-Soo is a famous Speed Skater, who was born on November 23, 1985 in South Korea. Also known as Viktor Ahn, he is one of the most successful short...

21. Tomas Gustafson (1959)

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Swedish speed skater who earned three Gold medals in the Olympics, two in 1988 in Calgary and one in 1984 in Sarajevo.

22. Denny Morrison (1985)

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Speedskater who has won numerous Olympic medals, including a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

23. Seung Hee Park (1992)

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Korean short track and long track speed skater who first gained fame in 2010 when she became the Overall World Champion. She competed in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Winter...

24. Yvonne van Gennip (1964)

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Dutch speed skater who won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the 1500, 3000, and 5000 meter races.

25. Jutta Leerdam (1998)

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Jutta Leerdam is a famous Speed Skater, who was born on December 30, 1998 in Netherlands. Jutta Leerdam (born 30 December 1998) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the...

26. JR Celski (1990)

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Olympic speed skater who took home two bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Games, in the 1500 m and 5000 m relay events.

27. Choi Min-Jeong (1998)

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Olympic speed skater who is best known for having competed in the short track division of the sport. In 2018, she took home a gold medal from the Winter Olympics...

28. Bonnie Blair (1964)

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Speed skater who won Olympic gold medals in 1988, 1992, and 1994. She won five gold medals and one bronze over her career.

29. Karin Enke (1961)

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German three-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating. She won two golds in 1984 and one in 1980.

30. Claudia Pechstein (1972)

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German speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals in four different Olympics, as well as two silvers and two bronzes.

31. Sven Kramer (1986)

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Dutch long track speed skater gold medalist in the 5000 m event at both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic games. He also won gold in the 2014 games at...

32. Johann Olav Koss (1968)

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Norwegian speed skater who became regarded as one of the best in history after winning four gold medals at two different Olympics.

33. Kali Christ (1991)

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Kali Christ is a Canadian speedskater from Regina Saskatchewan. She primarily skates in the middle distances of 1000 m 1500m as well as the mass start event. Christ represented Canada...

34. Andrea Nuyt (1974)

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Andrea Nuyt is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who won a silver medal at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 2002. She also competed at...

35. Justin Warsylewicz (1985)

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Justin Warsylewicz is a Canadian speedskater. In February 2004 at the age of eighteen he became Canadian All Round Champion after winning the World Junior Championships earlier that year. His...

36. Annette Gerritsen (1985)

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Annette Albertine Gerritsen is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in the 500 m and 1000 m distances and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010...

37. Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974)

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Hiroyasu Shimizu is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998 in the 500m and his win made him a hero in his home country. He...

38. Charle Cournoyer (1991)

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Charle Cournoyer is a Canadian short track speed skater from Boucherville Quebec. He won a bronze medal in the 500 m at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Cournoyer was also part...

39. Franziska Schenk (1974)

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ziska Schenk is a former German Speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer she won a bronze on the 500m in...

40. Martin Hersman (1974)

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Martinus Anthonius Johannes Maria Martin Hersman is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1992 and 2003. He competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics...

41. Petter Andersen (1974)

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Petter Andersen is a Norwegian speed skater. He was born in Oslo and represented the club Aktiv SK. He competed in the 1000 m and 1500 m at the 2002...

42. Maki Tabata (1974)

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Maki Tabata is a speed skater. Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later she won another bronze this time on the 3000...

43. Erben Wennemars (1975)

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Egbert Rolf Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500 1000 and 1500 meters.

44. Steven Elm (1975)

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Steven Elm is a Canadian speed skater from Calgary Alberta. Elm has been to three Olympics and in the 2006 Winter Olympics he won a silver medal as part of...

45. Yekaterina Lobysheva (1985)

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Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. She's specialized...

46. Jason Parker (speed skater) (1975)

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Jason Parker is a Canadian speed skater who won a silver medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

47. Casey FitzRandolph (1975)

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Casey J. FitzRandolph is an American speedskater. In 1997 FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the...

48. Katrin Mattscherodt (1981)

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Katrin Mattscherodt is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In the team pursuit final against Japan at the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics she was a...

49. Carl-Erik Asplund (1923)

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Carl-Erik Asplund is a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1952 he won the bronze medal in the 10000 metres competition. In the 1500 metres...

50. Negin Dadkhah (1990)

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Negin Dadkhah is a national speed skater in Iran.