Ethan Cepuran (born May 13, 2000) is an American speed skater. He represented the United States at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics, and is a two-time Olympic medalist in the team pursuit event, winning a bronze medal in 2022 and a silver in 2026.
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.
He won the 5,000 meters event at the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, becoming the first speed skater to qualify for the Olympic team. He represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 5000 meters and team pursuit where he won a bronze medal.
He 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.
He 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.
He again represented the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the team pursuit event with a time of 3:43.71.
World Cup overview Key Category Senior level Junior level
Season LocationMass Start* 2017–2018 Salt Lake City 2022–2023 Stavanger 12th Heerenveen 12th Calgary 5th Tomaszów Mazowiecki 4th 5th2023–2024 Obihiro 7th Beijing 16th Stavanger 8th Tomaszów Mazowiecki 13th Salt Lake City 17th Quebec 12th2024–2025 Nagano 15th Beijing 18th Calgary 9th Milwaukee 15th Tomaszów Mazowiecki 11th Heerenveen 12th2025–2026 Calgary 9th Heerenveen 17th Hamar 11th Inzell 16th
Season LocationTeam 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 2025–2026 Salt Lake City Calgary Hamar
Season Location500 meter 2017–2018 Salt Lake City 28th
Season Location1000 meter 2018–2019 Baselga di Pinè 7th
Season Location1500 meter 2024–2025 Calgary 20th
Season Location3000 meter 2017–2018 Salt Lake City 7th 2018–2019 Baselga di Pinè 6th
Season Location5000 meter2022–2023 Calgary 8th Tomaszów Mazowiecki 11th 12th Source:
References
External links
Ethan Cepuran at SpeedSkatingNews.info Ethan Cepuran at U.S. Speedskating
Ethan Cepuran at Milano Cortina 2026