Nick Thometz

{{short description|American speed skater}}

{{Infobox speed skater

| image = Nick Thometz.JPG

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| full_name = Keith James Thometz

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 16, 1963}}

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| show-medals = didnt win

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's speed skating }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Sprint Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1987 Sainte Foy | Sprint }}

}}

Keith James "Nick" Thometz (born September 16, 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) 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 Winter Olympic Games three times, but never medaled.

World records

class='wikitable'
EventTimeDateVenue
500 m0.36,55March 19, 1987align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Heerenveen

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com{{cite web |title=Nick Thometz |url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1963091601 |publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com |accessdate=29 August 2012}}

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