Pair of ice skates used by Eric HEIDEN (USA), Olympic champion, Lake Placid 1980. Despite having won three consecutive overall world titles between 1977 and 1979, Eric Heiden was still a relative unknown in the US in the lead-up to 1980. By the time the Winter Games were over, he had become a household name. In one event after another, Eric Heiden powered his way to speed skating gold. He won all the men’s races, setting five Olympic records and one world record along the way. The Olympic Museum Collections