- Date of birth21 May 2004
- Height183 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownKewaskum, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of birthWest Bend, WI
- Start skatingHe began skating on a frozen pond at age five. The following year he joined Badger Speedskating Club in Wisconsin, United States of America.
- Club Team Albert Heijn Zaanlander: Netherlands
- HobbiesHunting, fishing. (nytimes.com, 10 Feb 2022)
- LanguagesEnglish
- CoachBob Corby
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2023 he received the Oscar Mathisen Award, which recognises the outstanding speed skating performance of the season. (usspeedskating.org, 31 May 2023)
In 2023 he was named Athlete of the Year by US Speedskating. (usspeedskating.org, 01 May 2023)
In 2023 he was named Athlete of the Year by US Speedskating. (usspeedskating.org, 01 May 2023)
US speed skater Shani Davis, US short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno. (Athlete, December)
His parents. (wptv.com, 20 Feb 2022)
To medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.
- He became the first male speed skater from any nation to win three individual events at a single edition of the ISU World Single Distances Championships when he was victorious in the men's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
- He then repeated the 500m, 1000m and 1500m sweep at the 2024 World Single Distances Championships in Calgary, Canada.
- He became just the third athlete - after fellow USA skaters Shani Davis and Eric Heiden - ever to win the World Sprints and World Distances Championships after claiming gold at the ISU World Speed Skating Allround & Sprint Championships in 2024.
- In January 2024, he set a world record in the men's 1000m at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA.
- He won 18 consecutive individual World Cup races from January 2024 to February 2025, with the streak ending when he came second, by 0.05 seconds to Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) in the 500m in Milwaukee, USA.
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
- Aged 18 years and 286 days, he became the youngest speed skater from any nation to win a gold medal at the world single distances championships when he was victorious in the men's 500m at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Oct 2023; isu.org, 01 Mar 2023)
- Aged 18 years and 174 days, he became the youngest male speed skater from any nation to have won an individual race at a World Cup event. He claimed victory in the 1500m in 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Nov 2022; tmj4.com, 17 Nov 2022).
He competed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, aged 17, and finished 13th in the men's 500m and 14th in the men's 1000m. (isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
- He then repeated the 500m, 1000m and 1500m sweep at the 2024 World Single Distances Championships in Calgary, Canada.
- He became just the third athlete - after fellow USA skaters Shani Davis and Eric Heiden - ever to win the World Sprints and World Distances Championships after claiming gold at the ISU World Speed Skating Allround & Sprint Championships in 2024.
- In January 2024, he set a world record in the men's 1000m at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA.
- He won 18 consecutive individual World Cup races from January 2024 to February 2025, with the streak ending when he came second, by 0.05 seconds to Tatsuya Shinhama (JPN) in the 500m in Milwaukee, USA.
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
- Aged 18 years and 286 days, he became the youngest speed skater from any nation to win a gold medal at the world single distances championships when he was victorious in the men's 500m at the 2023 edition of the tournament in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Oct 2023; isu.org, 01 Mar 2023)
- Aged 18 years and 174 days, he became the youngest male speed skater from any nation to have won an individual race at a World Cup event. He claimed victory in the 1500m in 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Nov 2022; tmj4.com, 17 Nov 2022).
He competed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games, aged 17, and finished 13th in the men's 500m and 14th in the men's 1000m. (isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
He and his sister Hannah were encouraged to try ice skating by their father Dirk after they watched the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver on television. Dirk developed a backyard pond for the siblings to skate on, complete with lighting. "I was watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and was amazed by the passes at high speeds and the lean in the turns."
Bob Corby
