Nick Pearson (born August 13, 1979 in Vernon, Wisconsin) 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 has competed since 1997. He was named to the U.S. team for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. Pearson previously competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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, finishing sixth in both the 1000 m and 1500 m events. He retired in 2005, but returned in 2008 to compete. Pearson was a guest on the NPR humorous quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! taped on February 16, 2012 at

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and broadcast on February 18, 2012. Pearson got one of three questions correct.

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ISU profile

TeamUSA.org profile
1979 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the United States Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Vernon, Wisconsin {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub