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{{short description|American speed skater}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| name           = Casey FitzRandolph
| image          = Kohl and FitzRandolph.jpg
| caption        = FitzRandolph with Senator [[Herb Kohl]] after the 2002 Winter Olympics
| headercolor    = #d7ecff
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1975|1|21}}
| birth_place    = [[Verona, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| website        = {{URL|www.caseyfitz.com}}
| worldcup       = 
| height         = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| weight         = {{convert|81|kg|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| country        = {{USA}}
| pb             = 
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|speed skating]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Hamar|Sprint}}
{{MedalBronze|1997 Hamar|Sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Single Distance Championships for Men|World Single Distance Championships]]}} 
{{MedalBronze|[[2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2001 Salt Lake City]]|500 m}}
}}

'''Casey J. FitzRandolph''' (born January 21, 1975 in [[Verona, Wisconsin|Verona]], [[Wisconsin]]) is an American [[Speed skating|speed skater]].

In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]] in [[Hamar]]. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on the 500 m.

In 2002, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships in [[Hamar]] and went on to become Olympic Champion on the 500 m at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]]. This made him the first American to win the 500 m since fellow [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] native [[Eric Heiden]] won the event in 1980. Heiden was in attendance as the team orthopedist. He and his family now live in Cross Plains Wisconsin.

At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], FitzRandolph finished 12th on the 500 m and 9th on the 1,000 m.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ISU speed skater|old_id=95878}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104001546/http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/index.php?section=main&subsection=skater&id=5688 |title=Casey FitzRandolph at Speedskatingbase.eu |date=mdy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313004213/http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/265 |title=Casey FitzRandolph at SkateResults.com |date=mdy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507103427/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Speedskating/About/Hall-of-Fame-Content/Skaters/Casey-FitzRandolph |title=Casey FitzRandolph at Team USA |date=mdy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20041015173417/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_714.htm |title=Casey FitzRandolph at U.S. Olympic Team |date=mdy}}
* {{Olympics.com|casey-fitzrandolph}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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