Richard Goerlitz (born 2 August 1970) is a former Olympic ice speed skater from

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. Goerlitz represented Australia in short track Speed Skating at both the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

and the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. He came 6th in the 1500m and placed 9th overall at the 1998 World Championships in

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. Goerlitz was also a National Champion, Australian International Record Holder and member of the national team for more than 10 years. Goerlitz also briefly held the national

long track speed skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

records in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 meters in an attempt to become the first Australian to represent Australia at the Winter Olympics in both long and short track Speed Skating. Goerlitz also represented Australia at the 2006 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in long track Speed Skating before retiring in 2010 from international competition.

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1970 births Living people Australian male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Australia Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Australian male speed skaters Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-speed-skating-bio-stub