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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/athletes">Athletes</a></li><li class="active">Chad Hedrick</li> </ol> <div class='athlete_header'> <div> <h1> Chad Hedrick </h1> <form action='/athlete_merges/109682/edit' class='form-inline' method='get'> </form> </div> </div> <div class='athlete_bio'> <div class='athlete_photo_bio'> <a href='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/109682.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='Photo of Chad Hedrick'> <img class='photo' src='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/109682.jpg'> </a> <div> <h2> Biographical information </h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr><th>Roles</th><td>Competed in Olympic Games</td></tr> <tr><th>Sex</th><td>Male</td></tr> <tr><th>Full name</th><td>Chad Paul•Hedrick</td></tr> <tr><th>Used name</th><td>Chad•Hedrick</td></tr> <tr><th>Born</th><td>17 April 1977 in <a href="/place_names/2768">Houston, Texas (USA)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>Measurements</th><td>180 cm / 76 kg</td></tr> <tr><th>NOC</th><td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> <a href="/countries/USA">United States</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <table class='athlete_sidebar'> <tbody> <tr> <td> <b>Medals</b> </td> <td>OG</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='border-top'>Total</td> <td class='border-top'>5</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h2> Biography </h2> <div class='description'> <p>Chad Hedrick started out as an inline skater, and was one of the greatest US roller speed skaters ever, winning 50 World Championships, 93 US Championships, and setting multiple world records. He revolutionized inline speed skating with his technique of a double-push, called the DP, which is now standard at world-class levels. After watching fellow inline skater <a href="/athletes/100952">Derek Parra</a> win two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Hedrick decided to switch to ice speed skating. After only four months on ice, Hedrick placed fifth in the 5,000 at the 2003 World Single Distance Championship, and after only two years of skating, he won the World Allround title in 2004 with a world record samalog of 150.478, and was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Statuette for 2004, given to the top speed skater performace in the world for the year.</p> <p>Between then and the Torino Olympics, Hedrick established himself among the best long-distance skaters in the world, setting world records in the 1,500, 5,000, and 10K in November-December 2005. He entered the 2006 Winter Olympics with chances to win medals in all three events as well as the new team pursuit, and Hedrick predicted he would equal Eric Heiden’s five gold medals, adding the 1,000. The Torino Olympics started out well for Hedrick, as he won the 5,000 metres, but he won no further gold medals, although he did win a bronze in the 1,500 and silver in the 10K. But in the team pursuit, Hedrick and teammate <a href="/athletes/109684">Shani Davis</a> got into a controversy when Davis elected not to compete, stating that it would interfere with his own best event, the 1,000, in which he would win the gold medal. Without Davis, the US pursuit team struggled and placed only sixth. Hedrick continues to speed skate internationally, but not quite as successfully, placing fourth at the 2008 World Allround. He was the leader on the Adelskalender from November 2005 thru March 2007.</p> <p>Personal Bests: 500 – 35.58 (2006); 1000 – 1:08.23 (2005); 1500 – 1:42.78 (2006); 3000 – 3:39.02 (2005); 5000 – 6:09.68 (2005); 10000 – 12:55.11 (2005); Allround Samalog – 148.799 (2006).</p> </div> <h2>Results</h2> <table class='table'> <thead> <tr> <th>Games</th> <th>Discipline (Sport) / Event</th> <th>NOC / Team</th> <th>Pos</th> <th>Medal</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/49">2006 Winter Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SSK">Speed Skating</a> (<a href="/sport_groups/SK">Skating</a>)</td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chad Hedrick</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/1125">1,000 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/1126">1,500 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/1127">5,000 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/1128">10,000 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>2</td> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/1129">Team Pursuit (8 laps), Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td>United States</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/57">2010 Winter Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SSK">Speed Skating</a> (<a href="/sport_groups/SK">Skating</a>)</td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chad Hedrick</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/924503">1,000 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>3</td> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/924504">1,500 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/924505">5,000 metres, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/924507">Team Pursuit (8 laps), Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td>United States</td> <td>2</td> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Special Notes</h2> <ul> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/11/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games</a> (6–2–2 1995 Mar del Plata RSS gold: 10 km track, 20 km track, 10 km road, and 10 km relay, silver: marathon, bronze: 1500 m road and 20 km road; 1999 Winnipeg RSS gold: combined distance and marathon, silver: combined sprint) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/198/manual">Olympians Who Led the Adelskalender (speed skating)</a> (Allround – 13 November 2005 - 17 November 2007: 147.283 (13 November 2005; Calgary, CAN), 146.797 (18 November 2005; Salt Lake City, USA), 146.510 (4 December 2005; Heerenveen, NED), 146.010 (27 December 2005; Salt Lake City, USA), 145.853 (31 December 2005; Salt Lake City, USA), 145.563 (18 March 2006; Calgary, CAN)) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/181/manual">Olympians Who Set a World Record in Speed Skating</a> (1500 m – 18 November 2005 - 19 March 2006: 1:42.78 (18 November 2005; Salt Lake City, USA); 3000 m – 10 March 2005 - 5 November 2005: 3:39.02 (10 March 2005; Calgary, CAN); 5000 m – 13 November 2005 - 19 November 2005: 6:09.68 (13 November 2005; Calgary, CAN); 10000 m – 31 December 2005 - 19 March 2006: 12:55.11 (31 December 2005; Salt Lake City, USA); Team Pursuit – 13 November 2004 - 21 November 2004: 3:48.56 (13 November 2004; Hamar, NOR); Big Combination – 8 February 2004 - 9 January 2005 and 22 January 2006 - 19 March 2006: 150.478 (7/8 February 2004; Hamar, NOR), 148.799 (21/22 January 2006; Calgary, CAN)) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/184/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships</a> (1–1–0 2004 Hamar gold: Allround; 2005 Moskva silver: Allround) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/241/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Inline Speed Skating Championships</a> (51-15-4) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/180/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships</a> (2–0–2 2004 Seoul gold: 5000 m, bronze: 10000 m; 2005 Inzell gold: 5000 m, bronze: 10000 m) </li> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/91/manual">Olympians Who Were Awarded the Oscarstatuetten (Oscar Mathisen Award)</a> (2004) </li> </ul> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>At the 2020 Olympics <a href="/athletes/121534">Alessandra Perilli</a> won the first ever Olympic medal for San Marino.</p> </div> </div> <div class='container'> <p> <a href="/users/sign_in">Login</a> | <a href="/statistics/olympedia">Statistics</a> | <a href="/static/about">About</a> | <a href="/static/faq">FAQ</a> | <a href="/feedbacks/new">Feedback</a> </p> <p> © <a href="/static/about">OlyMADMen</a> 2006 — 2023 </p> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/lightbox.min-3184f132ebf6d1b84bc827e0d39a461df9d8a8e5e10db19e6d13f6b8bbed96a5.js"></script> <script> $('.footnote').tooltip(); 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