Ethan Cepuran

Ethan Cepuran
Personal information
Born (2000-05-13) May 13, 2000
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sport
Country United States
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Team pursuit
World Single Distances Championships
2025 Hamar Team pursuit
Four Continents Championships
2024 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
2025 Hachinohe Team pursuit
World Junior Championships
2018 Salt Lake City Mass start

Ethan Cepuran (born May 13, 2000) is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

At the junior level, Cepuran competed at the 2018 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and won a silver medal in the mass start event.[1][2]

Cepuran won the 5,000 metres event at the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, becoming the first speed skater to qualify for the Olympic team.[3] He represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 5000 metres and team pursuit where he won a bronze medal.[4][5]

Cepuran competed at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in 2024 and won a gold medal in the team pursuit. He again competed at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in 2025 and won a gold medal in the team pursuit.[6]

Cepuran represented the United States at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships and won a gold medal in the team pursuit, along with Emery Lehman and Casey Dawson. This was the United States' first World Single Distances Championship gold medal in the team pursuit since 2011.[7]

World Cup overview

Key
Category
Senior level
Junior level
Season Location Mass Start*
2017–2018 Salt Lake City
2022–2023 Stavanger 12th
Heerenveen 12th
Calgary 5th
Tomaszów Mazowiecki 4th
5th
2023–2024 Obihiro 7th
Beijing 16th
Stavanger 8th
Tomaszów Mazowiecki 13th
Salt Lake City 17th
Quebec 12th
2024–2025 Nagano 15th
Beijing 18th
Calgary 9th
Milwaukee 15th
Tomaszów Mazowiecki 11th
Heerenveen 12th
Season Location Team Pursuit*
2017–2018 Salt Lake City 5th
2021–2022 Calgary
2022–2023 Stavanger
Calgary
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
2023–2024 Obihiro
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Salt Lake City
2024–2025 Nagano
Milwaukee
Heerenveen
Season Location 500 meter
2017–2018 Salt Lake City 28th
Season Location 1000 meter
2018–2019 Baselga di Pinè 7th
Season Location 1500 meter
2024–2025 Calgary 20th
Season Location 3000 meter
2017–2018 Salt Lake City 7th
2018–2019 Baselga di Pinè 6th
Season Location 5000 meter
2022–2023 Calgary 8th
Tomaszów Mazowiecki 11th
12th

Source:[8]

References

  1. ^ "Ethan Cepuran". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Is Glen Ellyn's Ethan Cepuran the future of Illinois speed skating?". Northwestern University. March 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Feng, Kelly (January 6, 2022). "With 5K Win Ethan Cepuran Is The First U.S. Long Track Speedskater To Qualify For Beijing". teamusa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ethan Cepuran". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Glen Ellyn speed skater Ethan Cepuran living his dream at the Winter Olympics". Northwest Herald. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "U.S. Long Trackers Capture Seven Golds at ISU Four Continents Championships". usspeedskating.org. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (March 14, 2025). "U.S. takes team pursuit gold, Jordan Stolz silver, Cooper McLeod bronze at speed skating worlds". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  8. ^ "Skater Profile - Ethan Cepuran (USA)".