KeithGribblesheimer t1_jb6d037 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Eric Heiden never did this?

Robcobes t1_jb72eos wrote on March 6, 2023 at 10:42 PM

Single distance world championships didn't exist yet back then

carnifex2005 OP t1_jb74j9b wrote on March 6, 2023 at 10:57 PM

If there were, I'm guessing Eric Heiden probably would have done it. Stolz joined Heiden (who did it twice) and his sister Beth in winning both the junior and senior world championships in the same year.

Fartin_Scorsese t1_jb72bdt wrote on March 6, 2023 at 10:41 PM

5 golds in the 1980 Olympics. He won each event. He didn’t win multiple events in any other competition he entered.

Pizzashillsmom t1_jb7w7r1 wrote on March 7, 2023 at 2:26 AM

Eric Heiden had retired long ago the first time a single distance world championships was held. Back then only multiple distance world championships existed, sprint (2x500m + 2x1000m) and all around (every distance except 1000m from 500m up to 10000m). Heiden won both of these championships in the same year three times as well as an extra all around championship.