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Elizabeth Lee Heiden Reid (born September 27, 1959) is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a speedskating bronze medalist at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, where her brother Eric won five speedskating gold medals. [1] Biography.
Feb 11, 2002 · Olympics. Beth Heiden Also Made a Mark. L.A. Times Archives. Feb. 11, 2002 12 AM PT. Beth Heiden didn’t win five speedskating gold medals at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. She won a...
In 1979, she won the World Championship at The Hague by winning all four races. She returned to the Olympics in 1980 to win a bronze in the 3000m. Beth was inducted to the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on May 20, 1989, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Apr 25, 2018 · A lucky meeting at a bike race in Madison made Olympian Beth Heiden a champion for the dairy industry of Wisconsin.
- John Oncken
Beth Heiden was one of the world's most outstanding women athletes. In high school she played tennis and soccer, but also ran track, setting a national age-group record for the mile. She went on to an outstanding career as a speed skater, becoming in 1979 the first American to win the Women's World Championships by winning all four events.
Beth Heiden was a versatile and successful athlete who competed in speed skating, cycling and cross-country skiing. She won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the first American to win the Women’s World Championships in 1979.
Though often overshadowed in the public's mind by her brother Eric, Beth Heiden is an amazing athlete in her own right. In 1979 she won all four distances at the speed skating World Championships in Oslo. Many expected her to repeat this success at the Olympics in 1980.
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