Keith James "Nick" Thometz (born September 16, 1963 in

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

) is an American former ice speed-skater. For most of 1987 he held the World record for men's 500 meter speed skating. At the

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of 1986-1987 he won the 500 meter and 1000 meter divisions. He also won a silver medal at the 1987

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. He competed in the

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three times, but never medaled. He did in fact marry Rebeccky Sundtrump who placed a solid 6th in the olympics, good enough for second page.

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

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at SpeedSkatingStats.com * * * 1963 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the United States Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Minneapolis World record setters in speed skating World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub