Eric Heiden of the United States.
The US won 37 medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Short- track Speed Skating
In the Winter Olympics, speed skating. In the Summer Olympics, athletics (track and field).
Canada have won a total of 5 gold medals in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, putting them second in the list of most gold medals in the event, behind South Korea, who have 17.
Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 Bronze Medals in 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics for Time Trial and Road Cycling. In Winter Olympics, she also won a 1 Bronze Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Salt Lake City, 1 Silver Medal for Speed Skating Team Pursuit at Turin 2006 and a Gold Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Turin 2006. She won 6 medals overall at both Summer and Winter Olympics. 2 Summer medals and 4 Winter medals.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals in all 5 speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Speed Skating
Figure skating is done in Holland, but speed skating is what the Dutch excel at, winning a great part of the medals at every Winter Olympics.
speed skating
Yes, and there has been one Canadian athlete that has won medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Clara Hughes won medals in speed skating at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics and medals in cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Another is Hayley Wickenheiser who has played on the women's hockey team in the Winter Olympics and the softball team in the Summer Olympics.
Christa's Winter Olympic discipline was speed skating.
China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
Bonnie Blair was the only American athlete to win two medals at the 1988 Winter Games, a gold in women's 500 meter speed skating and a bronze in women's 1,000 meter speed skating.