Emery Lehman

Emery Lehman is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the latter.

Lehman started playing ice hockey at age six, taking up speed skating in an attempt to improve his hockey at age nine. He excelled at the sport, winning his first national time at age 12. Two years later, he won the US junior title in the 5000 meters. The next year, he won four junior national titles.

Lehman won the senior 2012–13 National Championship in the 5000 meters and three titles at the junior championships. He then won a gold and a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships. 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.

As of 2020, Lehman held two national junior speed skating records. He graduated cum laude from Marquette University majoring in Civil Engineering, later enrolling at Johns Hopkins University with a focus in structural engineering. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Sources

• "Emery Lehman." Wikipedia, revision of 15 December 2021. < link > Accessed 8 January 2022.
• Martin, Rich. "Driven to success: Backyard competitions pushed Oak Park brothers Emery and Graham Lehman into different pursuits." The Chicago Tribune, published 8 May 2014. < link > Accessed 8 January 2022.