Emery Lehman

Quick Facts

• Speciality: Team Pursuit, Long Distances, 1,500m
• At age 17, became the youngest male U.S. speedskater to make his Olympic debut in history
• Played club hockey at Marquette University 

Biographical Information

Emery Lehman grew up in a suburb outside Chicago and began speed skating at nine years old as a way to become a better skater for hockey. Lehman stayed active in many sports throughout high school, including being a standout in both lacrosse and hockey while excelling in speedskating as a junior world champion in the 5,000m.

At age 17, Lehman competed in his first Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. Lehman became the youngest male U.S. speedskater to make his Olympic debut in history, besting a record previously set by American speedskating legend Eric Heiden at the Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976 by two days. 

Lehman would make the U.S. speedskating team for the next two Winter Olympics, winning bronze in team pursuit at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

He won his first world title in team pursuit at the 2025 ISU World Speedskating Championships, and Lehman and his teammates would set the world record later that year in that event at an ISU World Cup stop in Salt Lake City.

Off the ice, Lehman graduated from Marquette University with a degree in civil engineering and received his master's degree in structural engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Olympic Experience

• 3-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Beijing 2022, bronze (Team Pursuit 8 Laps - Men), 11th (1500m - Men), 16th (5000m - Men)
• Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, 8th (Team Pursuit 8 Laps - Men), 21th (5000m - Men)
• Olympic Games Sochi 2014, 10th (10000m - Men), 16th (5000m - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2025 – gold (Team Pursuit 8 Laps - Men), 19th (1500m - Men)
• Years of participation: 1500m - Men 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025; Team Pursuit 8 Laps - Men 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025; Big Combination - Men 2022; 5000m - Men 2013
• Medals: 1 (1 gold)
• Gold – 2025 (Team Pursuit 8 Laps - Men)