Heiden, Eric

LC control no.	n 80052364
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Heiden, Eric *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	0000000021274298 43134807
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19580614
Place of birth	Madison (Wis.)
Field of activity	Speed skating Bicycle racing Sports medicine Orthopedic surgery
Affiliation	Olympic Winter Games (12th : 1976 : Innsbruck, Austria) Olympic Winter Games (13th : 1980 : Lake Placid, N.Y.) Madison Speed Skating Club
Profession or occupation	Speed skaters Olympic athletes Cyclists Orthopedists
Found in	Aaseng, N. Eric Heiden, 1980 (subj.) t.p. (Eric Heiden) CIP text (21 at 1980 Winter Olympics) Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 27, 2012: Eric Heiden p. (Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. (b. June 14, 1958, Madison, Wis.) is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist; won five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.; after his sports career, Heiden became a physician) Sports reference/Olympic sports website, December 12, 2014 (Eric Heiden. Full name: Eric Arthur Heiden. Gender: Male. Born: June 14, 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin. Affiliations: Madison Speed Skating Club, Madison (USA). Country: USA United States. Sport: Speed Skating; competed at the 1976 Olympics where his best finish was seventh; after retiring from speed skating, Heiden then turned to cycling and, after coming close to making the U.S. Olympic team in a second sport, he had a brief career as a professional, winning the United States' national professional title in that sport in 1985 and competing once in the Tour de France, but did not finish the race; later finished medical school and now practices as an orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in sports medicine)
Associated language	eng