Casey FitzRandolph
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 Casey FitzRandolph with Senator Herb Kohl after the 2002 Winter Olympics |
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| Country |  United States |
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| Date of birth | January 21, 1975 (age 32) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Verona, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (178 lb) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official Website | ||||||||||
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Casey J. FitzRandolph (born January 21, 1975 in Verona, Wisconsin) is an American speedskater.
In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on the 500 m.
His best year so far was 2002. He won silver at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar and went on to become Olympic Champion on the 500 m at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This made him the first American to win the 500 m since fellow Madison native Eric Heiden won the event in 1980. Heiden was in attendance as the team orthopedist.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, FitzRandolph finished 12th on the 500 m and 9th on the 1,000 m.
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| Olympic champions in men's 500 m speed skating |
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| 1924: Charles Jewtraw | 1928: Bernt Evensen / Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Finn Helgesen | 1952: Ken Henry | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin | 1960: Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Terry McDermott | 1968: Erhard Keller | 1972: Erhard Keller | 1976: Yevgeny Kulikov | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Sergey Fokichev | 1988: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1992: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1994: Alexander Golubev | 1998: Hiroyasu Shimizu | 2002: Casey FitzRandolph | 2006: Joey Cheek |
Categories: 1975 births | Living people | People from Madison, Wisconsin | American speed skaters | Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Olympic competitors for the United States | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | United States skating biography stubs | Speed skater stubs
