Evert Stenlund, Hedrick

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. Besides his 5000 m gold Chad also got silver on 10000 m and a bronze on 1500m. After the 2006 season Adelskalendern was topped by Hedrick, Davis and Fabris. He also participated in the Vancouver Olympics 2010, where his performance on the 1000 m secured him the bronze medal.
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 were enormous also on the ice.








Personal Records:

35.52 Salt Lake City 26 December 2009
1.07.33 Salt Lake City 13 December 2009
1.42.14 Calgary 4 December 2009
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: March 1 2010

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