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Chad Hedrick
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Chad Hedrick

Sport: Speed Skating
Birth Date: April 14, 1977
Birth Place: Spring, TX
Hometown: Spring, TX
Residence: Salt Lake City, UT

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Chad Hedrick is a speed skater from Spring, TX. He won three medals at the Winter Olympics in Torino (gold in the 5000m, silver in the10,000m, bronze in the 1500m). Hedrick took up speed skating by way of inline skating. Growing up, his parents owned roller rinks, so he competed as an inline skater. At age 26, he decided to try his hand at speed skating which obviously worked in his favor.
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