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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Former Olympic speedskating champion Eric Heiden is pulling up roots and moving his sports medicine practice to Utah.
Heiden and Dr. Massimo Testa, who helped establish the University of California, Davis, sports medicine program, will move their medical practices in August to The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray, Utah. There, the physicians will work with a medical facility with close connections to the national governing organizations of cycling, speedskating, ski and snowboarding.
Heiden, an orthopedic surgeon, was team doctor for the Sacramento Kings and Sacramento Monarchs as well as several national and Olympic speedskating teams, including the U.S. contingent that competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Heiden was a five-time Olympic speed skating gold medalist in 1980, then became a professional cyclist and competed in the 1986 Tour de France for the 7-Eleven Cycling Team. Testa was the team's physician, and continues to work with several pro cyclists, including veteran Tour de France competitors Bobby Julich of Reno, Nev., and Levi Leipheimer of Santa Rosa.
Heiden moved to Sacramento in 1991 after graduating from Stanford University and began his internship at the UC Davis Medical Center.
Heiden's wife, Dr. Karen Heiden, a UCD Medical Group hand surgeon, also will transfer her practice.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-06-08-06 1914MDT
