Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick (* April 17, 1977 in Spring, Texas (USA) ) is inline speed skaters and speed skaters. The Texan is the most successful inline speed skaters in history. He is 50 -fold speed skating world champion and held several world records.
In speed skating, he won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. More than 10,000 and 1,500 meters, he won silver and bronze. Also in this sport he has three world titles to date and set seven world records from 1,500 to 10,000 meters, and in the all around on. He is considered the inventor of the double- push technique.
Biography
Even with two years he stood for the first time on skates on the skating rink, which has operated his father. In 1994, he won his first Inline Speed Skating World Champion title at 17. Since these skate technique differs significantly from the classical technique, he was ridiculed for his new driving style initially. Because of his success his double - push has been copied successfully by many inline skaters. It is now become the standard in professional inline speed skaters.
In the non-Olympic sport of speed skating there for him after 50 world titles no real challenges more. Inspired by the success of his Inline Speed Skating - colleague Derek Parra was at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City Olympic champion in 2002, he moved in the same year for speed skating. After only 15 months of training on the ice he was in Hamar 2004 all-around world champion. He presented with 150.478 points, a new multi- fight world record, and thereby undercutting the old mark by more than a point. In the same year he became world champion over 5,000 meters. This title he successfully defended in Inzell 2005.
In the season 2005/ 06 he won four World Cup races and set 4 world records. At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, he won the 5,000 m Olympic gold ahead of Dutchman Sven Kramer and the Italian Enrico Fabris. Over 10,000 meters, he won silver, over 1,500 meters bronze. In the 1000 - meter race and in the team pursuit, he finished sixth. The World Cup 2005/2006 over 1500 and over 5.000/10.000 meter he chose for himself.
In the all-around World Cup 2006 from March 18 to 19 in Calgary, he was disqualified due to a faulty in the 10,000 meters race. He thus lost not only the world record in the 10,000 meters at Sven Kramer but also the world record in the all around at his rival Shani Davis. This had in this competition already wrested him the world record over 1,500 meters.
After the Olympic season, he gave up a summer training. His training group in Salt Lake City was dissolved. In the season 2006/ 07 he was unable to repeat his performance in recent years and had to start at some competitions in the B group. His best individual placing in the World Cup was a 11th place over 5000 meters. At the end of the season he could retract his best result with a seventh place in the 10,000 meters at the single distance world championship in 2007.
In the Olympic season 2009/10 he won the World Cup race in Calgary over 1,500 meters. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he won over 1,000 meters bronze. In the team pursuit, he won silver.
World Records
Chad Hedrick has established the following world records:
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- 10000 m
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