02-16-2026, 10:27 PM
(02-16-2026, 09:57 PM)cctop Wrote:(02-16-2026, 09:18 PM)Papa John Wrote: Eric Heiden was the second-biggest-deal, after the US men's hockey team, at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. But I'm not sure if he was yet a Stanford student. He didn't skate in any Olympics after that as far as I know.
Heiden transferred to Stanford after the Olympics. When I was there in the late 1980's he was a med student and riding with the Stanford cycling club. My drawmate played (and lost) against him in IM's.
Thanks for clarifying, cctop. I guess that means that Eric Heiden doesn't make the list of Stanford Winter Olympians. His loss ;-)
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