Chad Hedrick, 17 April 1977
After a long period of Dutch domination on the longer distances, skaters from other
nations started to show what they were made of. The medals during the 2006 Olympics in Torino
were up for grabs. The Americans had skaters like Chad Hedrick and Shani Davis, the
Italians had Enrico Fabris, the Norwegians had Øystein Grødum,
Lasse Sætre and Eskil Ervik, and the Dutch had Sven Kramer, Bob de Jong and
Carl Verheyen, just to mention a few. Hedrick, Davis, Fabris and de Jong took one gold each.
After the 2006 season Adelskalendern was topped by Hedrick, Davis and Fabris.
The Texan Chad Hedrick was originally an inline champion who made his debut on the ice rink in
February 2003. He quickly showed that his abilities was enormous also on the ice.
Personal Records:
35.58 Calgary 18 March 2006
1.08.23 Salt Lake City 31 December 2005
1.42.78 Salt Lake City 18 November 2005
3.39.02 Calgary 10 March 2005
6.09.68 Calgary 13 November 2005
12.55.11 Salt Lake City 31 December 2005
World Records:
1.42.78 Salt Lake City 18 November 2005
3.39.02 Calgary 10 March 2005
6.09.68 Calgary 13 November 2005
12.55.11 Salt Lake City 31 December 2005
150.478 Hamar 8 February 2004 (Big Combination)
148.799 Calgary 22 January 2006 (Big Combination)
#1 in Adelskalendern:
13 November 2005 - 16 November 2007
Last modified: August 19 2006
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