 Dawson at the 2022 World Cup in Stavanger, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 2, 2000 Park City, Utah, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Casey Dawson (born August 2, 2000) is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
During the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Dawson set the world record in the team pursuit with a time of 3:34.47. [1]
Dawson represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the team pursuit and won a bronze medal. [2] [3]
He represented the United States at the 2024 Four Continents Speed Skating Championships and won gold medals in the 5000 meter and the team pursuit. [4]
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The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The men's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. Hallgeir Engebråten, Peder Kongshaug and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, representing Norway, won the event. Norway defended their 2018 title, but Pedersen was the only athlete returning to the podium. Daniil Aldoshkin, Sergey Trofimov and Ruslan Zakharov, representing the Russian Olympic committee, won the silver medal, the first time a Russian team medaled in the event. Zakharov, formerly a short track speed skater and the 2014 Olympic champion in the team relay, became the second man, after Eric Flaim, to medal at the Olympics in both speed skating and short track speed skating. Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Joey Mantia of the United States won bronze.
The women's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, and Isabelle Weidemann, representing Canada, won the event, setting an Olympic record in Final A. This was the first gold medal for Canada in this event and the first Canadian medal since 2006. Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi, and Nana Takagi of Japan set an Olympic record in the semifinals and eventually won the silver medal. Japan was leading during the final against Canada when Nana Takagi fell down with less than half a lap to go. Antoinette de Jong, Marijke Groenewoud, Irene Schouten, and Ireen Wüst, representing the Netherlands, won the bronze medal.
Ethan Cepuran is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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