Speed Skating Legends
Long track and short track speed skating's greatest Olympians.
The All-Time Greatest Speed Skating Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Speed Skating Athletes
Browse 29 of the greatest speed skating players of all time.
American
Apolo Anton Ohno
Short Track Speed Skater
American short track speed skater who became the most decorated American Winter Olympian with eight…
American
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
America's most decorated female Winter Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games and…
German
Claudia Pechstein
Speed Skater
Nine Olympic medals and the most decorated Winter Olympian in German history — Claudia Pechstein…
American
Eric Heiden
Speed Skater
Five gold medals at Lake Placid 1980 across every speed skating distance — the greatest…
Dutch
Ireen Wüst
Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater who became the most successful Olympic speed skater of all time with six Olympic…
American
Dan Jansen
Long Track Speed Skater
American speed skater whose emotional 1994 Olympic gold, won on his final career race after a…
Norwegian
Johann Olav Koss
Long Track Speed Skater
Norwegian speed skater who won three world-record gold medals at his home Olympics in 1994 before…
German
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Long Track Speed Skater
German speed skater who dominated women's distance events for over a decade, winning eight Olympic…
South Korean
Viktor Ahn
Short Track Speed Skater
Short track speed skater born Ahn Hyun-soo in South Korea, who became the most decorated Olympic…
Dutch
Sven Kramer
Long Track Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater and the most decorated male speed skater in Olympic history, who became the only…
Chinese
Wang Meng
Short Track Speed Skater
Chinese short track speed skater and the most decorated Winter Olympian in Chinese history, who…
Canadian
Charles Hamelin
Short Track Speed Skater
Canadian short track speed skater and the country's most decorated male Winter Olympian, whose…
Italian
Arianna Fontana
Short Track Speed Skater
Italian short track speed skater and Italy's most decorated Olympian across both Summer and Winter…
American
Erin Jackson
Long Track Speed Skater
American speed skater who became the first Black woman to win an individual Winter Olympics gold…
Japanese
Nao Kodaira
Long Track Speed Skater
Japanese speed skater and the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic speed skating gold medal,…
Soviet
Lidiya Skoblikova
Long Track Speed Skater
Soviet speed skater nicknamed the 'Lightning from the Urals,' the first athlete in history to win…
Finnish
Clas Thunberg
Long Track Speed Skater
Finnish speed skater nicknamed 'Nurmi on Ice,' who dominated the sport's first two Winter Olympics…
East German
Karin Kania
Long Track Speed Skater
East German speed skater who switched from figure skating to become one of the most dominant…
Dutch
Yvonne van Gennip
Long Track Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater who staged one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history, sweeping three gold…
Dutch
Marianne Timmer
Long Track Speed Skater
Dutch speed skater and the first Netherlands skater to win Olympic gold at two different Winter…
American
Shani Davis
Long Track Speed Skater
American speed skater who became the first Black athlete from any nation to win an individual…
Canadian
Cindy Klassen
Long Track Speed Skater
Canadian speed skater who overcame a horrific arm injury to win a record five medals at a single…
Australian
Steven Bradbury
Short Track Speed Skater
Australian short track speed skater who became the first Southern Hemisphere athlete to win a…
South Korean
Lee Sang-hwa
Long Track Speed Skater
South Korean speed skater and the fastest woman in 500m history, who became the first Asian woman…
South Korean
Choi Min-jeong
Short Track Speed Skater
South Korean short track speed skater nicknamed the 'Queen of Korean Short Track,' who became her…
American
Chad Hedrick
Speed Skater
American speed skater and inline skating legend who won five Olympic medals across five different…
American
Chris Witty
Speed Skater
American speed skater and dual Olympian in both cycling and speed skating, who won a shock Olympic…
American
Casey FitzRandolph
Speed Skater
American speed skater who won the 2002 Olympic 500m title, becoming the first American to win the…
American
Derek Parra
Speed Skater
Mexican-American speed skater who became the first US Hispanic athlete to win a Winter Olympic gold…
Speed Skating Nations
American
10
athletes
Dutch
4
athletes
South Korean
3
athletes
German
2
athletes
Canadian
2
athletes
Norwegian
1
athletes
Chinese
1
athletes
Italian
1
athletes