Feb
25
2010

Chad Hedrick - His parents owned a roller skating rink, at 17 months he was in roller skates.  By the time he was 2 he was skating circles around kids three times his age.  He won his first National Championship at the age of 8.  At the age of 16 he was the youngest in history to qualify for the Senior National Team.

He is 50 time World Gold medalist Champion inline skating, 9 time “overall World Champion Title.”  1995 inline skating at the Argentina Pan American games,  he won 4 gold and 1 silver medal.  In 2002 Chad switched to ice speed skating.  He is known for revolutionizing the sport of inline skating for his technique called “The Double Push.”

Check out his website http://chadhedrick.com/

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Posted by Adam | Filed under: General Skating, Interesting Finds


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