Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating
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Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, achieving one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Games history.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating Context triple: [1980 Winter Olympics, notablePerformance, Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating]
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A.
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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B.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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C.
500 m speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a short-distance Olympic speed skating event in which Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan successfully defended her Olympic title.
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D.
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition where elite speed skaters compete across multiple distances to determine the best all-around skater.
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E.
European Speed Skating Championships
The European Speed Skating Championships is a major annual international competition in which Europe’s top speed skaters compete for continental titles across multiple distances and allround formats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating Target entity description: Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, achieving one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Games history.
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A.
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
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B.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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C.
500 m speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a short-distance Olympic speed skating event in which Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan successfully defended her Olympic title.
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D.
World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships is an annual international competition where elite speed skaters compete across multiple distances to determine the best all-around skater.
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E.
European Speed Skating Championships
The European Speed Skating Championships is a major annual international competition in which Europe’s top speed skaters compete for continental titles across multiple distances and allround formats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
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surface form:
ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Oscar Mathisen Award ⓘ Sullivan Award ⓘ |
| competitionClass | men’s speed skating ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-06-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
ⓘ
Stanford Medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Stanford University School of Medicine
|
| familyName | Heiden ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports medicine ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| hasWonAllEventsInDisciplineAtSingleOlympics | men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| isConsideredOneOf | greatest speed skaters of all time ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
ⓘ
United States Olympic Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| name | Eric Heiden ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Olympics history
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sweeping all men’s speed skating events at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ winning five individual gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| numberOfGoldMedalsAt1980WinterOlympics | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
cyclist
ⓘ
orthopedic surgeon ⓘ speed skater ⓘ |
| OlympicGames |
1976 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1976 Winter Olympics
ⓘ
1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| representedByTeam |
USA Cycling
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Olympic cycling team
U.S. short track national team ⓘ
surface form:
United States Olympic speed skating team
|
| residence |
Utah
ⓘ
surface form:
Utah, United States
|
| setRecord |
Olympic record in multiple speed skating distances at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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world record in 1000 m speed skating (period around 1980) ⓘ world record in 10000 m speed skating (period around 1980) ⓘ world record in 1500 m speed skating (period around 1980) ⓘ world record in 3000 m speed skating (period around 1980) ⓘ world record in 5000 m speed skating (period around 1980) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport |
road cycling
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speed skating ⓘ |
| wonMedal |
gold medal in 1000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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gold medal in 10000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ gold medal in 1500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ gold medal in 500 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ gold medal in 5000 m speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
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Subject: Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating Description of subject: Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, achieving one of the most dominant individual performances in Winter Games history.
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