Keith James "Nick" Thometz (born September 16, 1963, in

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) is an American former ice speed-skater. For most of 1987 he held the World record for men's 500 meter speed skating. At the Speed Skating World Cup of 1986-1987 he won the 500 meter and 1000 meter divisions. He also won a silver medal at the 1987 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men. He competed in the

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three times, but never medaled.

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

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Nick Thometz
at SpeedSkatingStats.com * * 1963 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Minneapolis World record setters in speed skating World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub