Gene Sandvig (born February 8, 1931) is an American

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. He competed in two events at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which ...

. His sister Connie Sandvig was a speed skater who competed at national level and his daughter Susan Sandvig competed at international level. The daughter of Connie Sandvig,

Amy Peterson Amy Peterson (born November 29, 1971) is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002. Peterson qualified for her first Olympi ...

competed as a short track speed skater at five winter Olympics.Gene Sandvig
National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame, March 31, 2015

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1931 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Minneapolis 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub