February 12, 2002- Verona-Born Casey FitzRandolph wins Olympic gold in 500m speed skating

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – On this day, Feb. 12, 2002, Wisconsin’s own Casey FitzRandolph won gold in 500 meter speed skating at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

FitzRandolph is from Verona, and first laced up his skates at 3 years old.

In 1997, he broke the speed skating records set by Dan Jansen for both the 500 meter and 1,000 meter races…

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