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Emery Chance Lehman (born June 13, 1996) is an American
speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
who represented the United States at the
2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
, the
2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...
, and the
2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
. Lehman started playing
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
at age six, taking up speed skating in an attempt to improve his hockey at age nine. In his senior year of high school, Lehman won the 10000 meters at the 2013–14 US Senior Championship/Olympic Trials and took second place in the 5000 meters. At the Olympics, he placed 16th in the 5000 meters and 10th in the 10000 meters.


Early and personal life

Lehman was born in
Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
, Illinois, to parents Marcia and David, and is Jewish. His mother works in Chicago for
Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, and his father works for himself."#teamjoe Athlete – Emery Lehman"
http://waterjoe.com.
He lives in
Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, adjacent to Chicago. It is the 29th-most populous municipality in Illinois with a population of 54,583 as of the 2020 U.S. Census estimate. Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated in ...
. As of 2014, he was a senior at
Oak Park and River Forest High School , motto_translation = Those things that are best , address = 201 N. Scoville Avenue , location = , region = , town = Oak Park , county = , state ...
, where he was an honor student. He is now studying to become an engineer. During his time off, Lehman enjoys playing
table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
with friends. Lehman lists the
Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
and
Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division i ...
as his favorite sports teams, and
Bo Jackson Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and American football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Jackson's el ...
as his sporting hero. He says his mother has been the most influential person in his life. Lehman graduated cum laude from
Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...
, majoring in
Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...
, and is now enrolled at
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
with a focus in structural engineering.


Athletic career


Ice hockey

Lehman began playing
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
when he was six years old. As a sophomore in high school, he was selected as a conference All-Star playing defense for
Oak Park and River Forest High School , motto_translation = Those things that are best , address = 201 N. Scoville Avenue , location = , region = , town = Oak Park , county = , state ...
's (OPRF) varsity team. Describing Lehman's game, his coach remarked, "He is always first to the puck". During the summer of 2013, Lehman hurt his ankle, and the new OPRF hockey coach did not want to play him for fear of an injury jeopardizing Lehman's Olympic speed skating chances. Lehman thus took his senior year off from hockey. Emery Lehman reignited his career with Marquette’s ACHA Division II Hockey Team. He played defense for the team, scoring 2 goals and 10 assists.


Speed skating

At age nine, Lehman saw a poster claiming speed skating could help improve hockey skills. In 2010, he began training with 2x Olympian Jeff Klaiber (who would coach Lehman at the Olympic Games and through the 2015-16 season). He participated in the 2010–11 World Junior Championships, placing 11th in the 5000 meters and 18th in the All-Around at age 14. In his second year at the World Junior Championships, he was the youngest competitor in the field. At the senior National Championships that year, he placed sixth in the 1500 meter and 5000 meter events. He was fifth in the All-Around. At the 2012 World Cup trials, Lehman improved his personal best in the 5000 meters by ten seconds, to 6:28.56. Aged 16, he became the youngest skater ever to break 6:30. He finished second overall and qualified for the senior World Cup team. "I know I'm doing well, but I didn't know it would be this well," Lehman remarked. At the 2012–13 US National Championships, he again improved his 5000-meter time, winning with a time of 6:27.06. He also participated in the 500, 1000, 1500, and 10000 meter events. He turned in personal best times in all four events and placed third in the 10000 meters. At the senior World Championships, he placed 20th in the 5000 meters. In November 2013, Lehman improved his own Junior National Record and came within 0.8 seconds of the World Junior record with a time of 6:19.87 in the 5000 meters. On December 27, Lehman, skating in the last of 10 pairs of athletes, completed the 5000 meters in a time of 6:25.90 at the US Olympic Trials. The time placed him second and qualified Lehman for his first Olympic Games. On January 1, 2014, Lehman took part in the 10000 meter race at the Olympic Trials. With three laps to go, he was four seconds behind 2010 Olympian
Jonathan Kuck Jonathan Kuck (born March 14, 1990) is an American speed skater and silver medalist in the Winter Olympics. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kuck won a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Brian Hansen and Chad Hedrick. Kuck has also won fo ...
. Lehman took the lead with one lap to go. Kuck re-took the lead at the final turn, but Lehman edged him by seven-hundredths of a second, about two blade lengths, at the finish line. "That was pretty insane," remarked Lehman. "I didn't expect to be finishing anywhere close to Jonathan." Lehman's time of 13:22.77 improved his personal best by seven seconds, and placed him first overall with one pairing –
Patrick Meek Patrick Meek (born November 10, 1985) is American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Meek began speed skating at age two, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. After high school, he mo ...
and Edwin Park – remaining. Meek finished 0.39 seconds behind Lehman, taking third. Gary D'Amato of the ''
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently o ...
'' called the race "perhaps the most thrilling race of the trials". At the Olympics, Lehman placed 16th in the 5000 meters with a time of 6:29.94. Later, he placed 10th in the 10000 meters with a time of 13:28.67, far exceeding his personal best for a race at
sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
. The exertion of the race caused him to vomit. After the games, he went directly to the World Junior Championships. Lehman trained at the
Pettit National Ice Center The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park, the center opened on January ...
and was coached by Eric Cepuran from 2016-2018. He is a member of the Franklin Park Speedskating Club. Lehman was named Team Pursuit Specialist for the 2018 Winter Olympics. He placed 21st in the 5,000 meters by finishing in 6 minutes, 31.16 seconds. He and the Team USA team pursuit trio, which also included Brian Hansen and
Joey Mantia Joey Mantia (born February 7, 1986) is an American speed skater and inline speed skater, an Olympic bronze medalist, 28-time world champion, and a world record holder. He also won two gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and a gold medal a ...
, finished in eighth place in the D final, with a time of 3:50.77, after skating 3:42.98 in the prior round.">"South Koreans, Dutch lead team pursuit; Team USA last" - ''Chicago Tribune''
/ref> After taking a season off to enroll in school full time, in the 2019-20 season, Lehman made a coaching change to train under Gabriel Girard, who US Speed Skating has since hired as the long-distance national team head coach. The season started strong, and Lehman saw very positive results in the fall at World Cups and skating marathons in Holland. Later that season, despite dealing with a very serious virus in the weeks leading up, Lehman placed 3rd in the 5000m at the 2020 Four-Continents Championship, held at the Pettit National Ice Center. A month later, at the 2020 ISU World Single Distance Championships, held at the Utah Olympic Oval, Lehman placed 16th in the 1500m finishing with a personal best time of 1:44.25. Lehman also competed in the team pursuit event alongside teammates Ian Quinn and Ethan Cepuran, finishing in 5th place with a time of 3:38.51. Since graduating from Marquette University in Spring 2020, Lehman has moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to train on the US speed skating national team program.


Lacrosse

Lehman also played
lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
competitively, serving as a midfielder. During the summers, he played on an elite travel team in Illinois. As a freshman in high school, he was the team captain. Lehman's coach says he is a "very skilled player" who could play for a "high-level Division III to mid-level Division I" college program. He was a member of both Marquette's Club Hockey and Club Lacrosse team in his off-season to stay in shape.


Personal bests


See also

* List of select Jewish speed skaters


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehman, Emery 1996 births Living people American male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in speed skating Speed skaters from Chicago Sportspeople from Oak Park, Illinois Jewish American sportspeople Marquette University alumni 21st-century American Jews