Terry McDermott (speed skating)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Speed Skating
Gold	1964 Innsbruck	500 m
Silver	1968 Grenoble	500 m

Richard Terrance ("Terry") McDermott (b. 20 September 1940, Essexville, Michigan) is a former speed skater from the United States.

Terry McDermott was a surprise winner on the 500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck when he beat the favourite on that distance, reigning Olympic Champion Yevgeny Grishin, by half a second. His coach at the time was Leo Freisinger, the 500 m bronze medal winner of the 1936 Winter Olympics. McDermott's international career consisted exclusively of the 500 m at the Olympic Winter Games of 1960, 1964, and 1968.

McDermott was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on 4 June 1977. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, McDermott took the Olympic Oath representing the judges.

[edit] References

• Terry McDermott at SkateResults.com
• The National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame
• Biography of Terry McDermott at the Essexville, Bay County, MI / BAY-JOURNAL

Olympic champions in men's 500 m speed skating

1924: Charles Jewtraw | 1928: Bernt Evensen / Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Finn Helgesen | 1952: Ken Henry | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin | 1960: Yevgeny Grishin  | 1964: Terry McDermott | 1968: Erhard Keller | 1972: Erhard Keller | 1976: Yevgeny Kulikov | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Sergey Fokichev | 1988: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1992: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1994: Alexander Golubev | 1998: Hiroyasu Shimizu | 2002: Casey FitzRandolph | 2006: Joey Cheek