TEAM USA OLYMPIC WINNERS 25,171

TEAM  USA  SOCHI  OLYMPIC

MEDAL  WINNERS

   United States Team Final Total: 28 Medals

The Olympic flame in Sochi Russia for 2014

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by Felicity Blaze Noodleman
Los Angeles, CA
2.21.14

With the 2014 Winter Olympics coming to a close is Sochi Russia this Sunday evening, we thought we could do no better than honoring our Team USA Medalists with a short biography and mention their medal and event.  After all they've worked for four years preparing for their sport and then after a brief moment it's all over - only memories remain and the athletes will be off to their next venue or the next phase in their lives.  We have relied on "wikipedia.com" for the enclosed bio information.

Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick of the United States Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Photo: Clive Mason, Getty Images  http://www.newstimes.com/news/world/article/Russia-kicks-off-Sochi-Games-with-hope-and-hubris-5213201.php#photo-5841077

For two weeks they have given many of us the time of our lives watching their amazing feats and left us all wishing; "if only I could do that"!  We will not see another Winter Olympics until 2018 and that will be held in Pyeong Chang, South Korea.  One unique feature to be said for the Olympic Games; for two weeks the world comes together and we are all watching them on our televisions!  This has been Felicity for the "Noodleman Group".

United States

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

       Sport                      Gold                    Silver                 Bronze                 Total

Freestyle Skiing	3	2	2	7
Snowboard	3	0	2	5
Alpine Skiing	2	1	2	5
Figure Skating	1	0	1	2
Bobsleigh	0	1	3	4
Skeleton	0	1	1	2
Ice Hockey	0	1	0	1

1. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

   Medal standings

       Country                        Gold                   Silver                Bronze               Total

   1	Russia	13	11	9	33
   2	Norway	11	5	10	26
   3	Canada	10	10	5	25
   4	United States	9	7	12	28
   5	Netherlands	8	7	9	24
   6	Germany	8	6	5	19
   7	Switzerland	6	3	2	11

   Final count

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THE  WINNERS

2014	Sage Kotsenburg  (born July 27, 1993) is an American snowboarder. He won the first ever Olympic gold medal in men's snowboardslopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and became the first gold medalist at these Olympics. Kotsenburg won a silver medal in snowboard slopestyle at the 2012 Winter X Games XVI in Aspen, Colorado, behind Mark McMorris.[3] Kotsenburg won a bronze medal in Snowboard Big Air at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Torstein Horgmo and Sebastien Toutant.[4]	Gold	Snowboarding
2014	Hannah Angela Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympicsand a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Kearney was born in Hanover, New Hampshire to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney. They met while attending McGill University inMontreal, Quebec. She grew up and still lives in Norwich, Vermont. Kearney graduated from Hanover High School. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department. Kearney is studying at Dartmouth College as a member of the class of 2015.	Bronze	Freestyle Skiing	Women's moguls
2014	Jamie Louise Anderson (born 13 September 1990) is an American professional snowboarder. She won the gold medal in the inaugural Women's Slopestyle Event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She has won gold medals in slopestyle at the Winter X Games in consecutive years in 2007/8 and 2012/13.  Anderson was born and raised in South Lake Tahoe, California, the fifth of eight children. She snowboarded for the first time at age nine, and immediately fell in love with the sport. Anderson was homeschooled, allowing her to spend almost every day on the mountain.  Anderson, who has gained popularity with her radiant and down-to-earth personality, has built a reputation as one of the top slopestyle riders in the business. She has been one of the most successful female snowboarders on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour and took home the gold medal in the Olympic debut of women's snowboard slopestyle at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.	Gold	Snowboarding	Women's slopestyle
2014	Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic Champion, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, two-time (2010, 2012) World silver medalist, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011, 2013) and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they also won a bronze medal in the team event. Davis and White teamed up in 1997 and they are currently the longest lasting dance team in the United States. They are the first American ice dancers to win the World title, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic ice dancing gold medal; in addition, their Olympic performance scored the highest point total ever recorded in ice dancing. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to earn level fours on all their elements.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011)Four Continents bronze medalist, and a four-time (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) U.S. national champion. He represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team event.  Jeremy Abbott was born in Aspen, Colorado to Allison and Danny Abbott. He has an elder sister, Gwen Abbott, a nationally ranked downhill skier who competed in the X Games as a ski racer. He attended Cheyenne Mountain High School for five years, stretching his high school career out one year longer than the usual, so he could concentrate on both skating and getting good grades. He graduated in 2004	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Grace Elizabeth Gold (born August 17, 1995), known as Gracie Gold, is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 World Juniorsilver medalist, the 2014 U.S. national champion, and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event.  Gold began training with Amy Vorhaben and Max Liu and then worked with Alexia Griffin then joined Susan Liss before switching to Toni Hickey  in Springfield, Illinois. Her next coach was Alex Ouriashev, who worked with her at two rinks in the Chicago area. Gold was fourth on the novice level at the 2010 U.S. Championships. The next season, she competed on the junior level but finished sixth at the Midwestern Sectionals and failed to qualify for the national championships. After the event, she began preparing for the following season by working to increase her technical content.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Marissa Castelli (born August 20, 1990) is an American pair skater. With partner Simon Shnapir, she is the 2013 Four Continentsbronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2013 & 2014). The pair won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Early in her career, Castelli competed as a single skater. She also skated pairs with Brad Vigorito. Castelli and Simon Shnapir teamed up in April 2006 and began training together in earnest in June. They train in Boston, coached by Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall (technical), Mark Mitchell (in-betweens, polishing), and Peter Johansson (throws). Castelli/Shnapir qualified for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final and placed sixth. The pair won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Jason Brown (born December 15, 1994) is an American figure skater. He is the 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard bronze medalist, 2013Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and 2014 U.S. national silver medalist. Brown is also a two-time World Junior medalist (2013 silver, 2012 bronze), the 2011 JGP Final champion, and the 2010 U.S. national junior champion. He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.  Brown began skating at age three and a half when his mother enrolled him and his sister in Learn to Skate classes. He has been coached by Kori Ade since the age of five, and trained in various rinks in the Chicago area until April 2013. Most of his programs have been choreographed by Rohene Ward. Brown also skated pairs with Thea Milburn for three years.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Charlie White (born October 24, 1987) is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2014 Olympic Champion, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, two-time (2010, 2012) World silver medalist, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011, 2013) and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Davis and White teamed up in 1997 and they are currently the longest-lasting dance team in the United States. They are the first American ice dancers to win the World title, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic title. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to receive level fours on all their elements. Davis and White are the current world record holders in the short dance, free dance, and total combined score. White was born in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan, the son of Jacqui and Charlie White, Sr. He attended Roeper School in Birmingham, Michigan from nursery school through high school where he played violin in the school string quartet and was involved with the student government. He graduated in 2005. White formerly competed as an ice hockey player and helped his team to a state championship. White lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a student at the University of Michigan, studying political science	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Ashley Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 Four Continents champion, 2012 Grand Prix Finalsilver medalist, 2012 Skate America champion, 2012 and 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, 2012 and 2013 U.S. national champion. Her highest World Championship placement is fourth in 2012. She was named to the U.S. team for the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team event. Ashley Wagner is the first child and only daughter of LTC Eric Wagner, U.S. Army (retired) and Melissa James, a former schoolteacher. A military brat, Wagner was born on a U.S. Army Base in Heidelberg, Germany, where her father was stationed at the time. Her younger brother, Austin, attends Pratt Institute in New York. He was also a skater and competed on the national level.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Simon Shnapir (born August 20, 1987) is an American pair skater. With partner Marissa Castelli, he is the 2013 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2013 & 2014). The pair won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Shnapir was born to Jewish parents, both chemical engineering graduates, in Moscow,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He arrived in the United States with his family when he was 16 months old After living in Brighton, Boston for a few years, the family moved toSudbury, Massachusetts. Shnapir is majoring in marketing at Emerson College.	Bronze	Figure skating	Team
2014	Julia Marie Mancuso (born 9 March 1984) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Reno, Nevada, of Italian descent, she was the gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the bronze medalist in the combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She has also won five medals (two silver and three bronze) at the World Championshipsand seven races in regular World Cup competition. Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier.  Mancuso made her World Cup debut at Copper Mountain, Colorado, on November 20,1999, at the age of 15. Scouted by Patrick Rooney, he knew he had a gem. She scored her first World Cup points (top-30 finish in a race) during the 2001 season. While she often struggled in World Cup races over the next few seasons, she enjoyed exceptional success at the Junior World Championships, winning a record eight medals, including five golds in 2002, 2003, and 2004.	Bronze	Alpine Skiing	Super Combined Women
2014	Devin Logan (born 17 February 1993 in Oceanside, New York) is an American freeskierfrom West Dover, Vermont. She was the winner of a silver medal at the 2012 Winter X Games in the slopestyle contest. Devin also took home a silver medal in the first ever Olympic slopestyle competition held in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi	Silver	Freestyle Skiing	Women's slopestyle
2014	Erin Mullady Hamlin (born 19 November 1986) is a three-time Olympian and the first female American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics, as well as the first American of either gender to medal in singles competition. She took the singles bronze medal inSochi's 2014 Winter Olympics, something the Associated Press called "a feat that will surely go down as perhaps the greatest moment in USA Luge history". Having opened her luging career in 2005, her first major international victory was the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2009 FIL World Luge Championships in Lake Placid, New York. This marked the first time in 99 races that a German woman was not the top finisher. Hamlin finished 12th in the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She was selected in December 2009 to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics inVancouver. In the games, Hamlin placed 16th in the luge competition, coming in as the highest placed American in the event. A native of Remsen, New York, Hamlin also makes her home in Lake Placid. She is the daughter of Eileen and Ronald Hamlin who both reside in Remsen, NY.	Bronze	Luge	Women's singles
2014	Kaitlyn Farrington (born December 18, 1989) is an American snowboarder who grew up on a cattle ranch near Bellevue, Idaho, and now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She won the gold medal in the women's half-pipe competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,Russia. Prior to her Olympic debut, she competed in the 2010 European Winter X Games and won the gold medal.	Gold	Halfpipe	Women
2014	Kelly Clark Clark was born in the village of West Dover in Vermont. She started snowboarding when she was 7 years old, and began competing in 1999, became a member of the US Snowboard team in 2000. Kelly Clark trained for competitive snowboarding at Mount Snow Academy in Vermont and graduated in spring 2001. She won a gold medal for women'shalfpipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics and competed in the halfpipe event again in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Her last run started off in spectacular fashion; however, she missed a landing later in the run and ended up placing fourth behind fellow Americans Hannah Teterand Gretchen Bleiler, as well as Norwegian Kjersti Buaas. In the 2010 Vancouver OlympicsKelly won a bronze medal in the halfpipe after placing third behind American silver medalistHannah Teter and Australian Torah Bright. Kelly Clark began training for the 2014 Sochi Olympics at High Cascade Snowboard Camp in the summer of 2013. Kelly has been awarded a Signature Session at High Cascade for the summer of 2014 where she will give back to snowboarding's youth through coaching and mentoring.	Bronze	Halfpipe	Women
2014	Joss Christensen (born December 20, 1991) is an American freestyle skier. Christensen's highest accolade to date is winning a Gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia	Gold	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle
2014	Gus Kenworthy (born October 1, 1991) is an American freestyle skier from Telluride, Colorado who competes in slopestyle and also the halfpipe. Kenworthy is currently competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. On February 13, 2014, Kenworthy won silver at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Men's freestyle skiing.  Kenworthy won AFP World Championships overall titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2013, he placed second at the World Cup in Sochi, Russia and won his first medal, a bronze, at the X Games in Tignes, France in the slopestyle event. Kenworthy is sponsored by Nike and Atomic Skis. In 2014, Kenworthy won the silver medal during Winter Olympics in Sochi.	Silver	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle
2014	Nick Goepper (bornMarch14,1994) is an American freeskier from Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He has won 2 gold medals and a silver at the Winter X Games in the Slopestyle contest, as well as a bronze medal at the Olympic games.  Nick grew up in southeastern Indiana in the town of Lawrenceburg. He started skiing at the age of five at a small resort called Perfect North Slopes, a place Goepper describes as “the size of your typical bunny hill at any resort out West”. These local 300-foot ski hills had terrain parks and a grassroots freestyle scene, which Nick easily fell into. The moment he learned to “catch air” on his skis he fell in love with the sport and it has been his number one passion ever since. At age 13, he built his own park in his backyard, complete with skate rails and a wooden kicker covered with Astroturf. He watched an endless stream of ski movies at home. Nick’s parents, Linda and Chris, encouraged him to pursue his dreams, but it was not always easy. They took him to the slopes whenever they could, but with a growing family of 3 other siblings, they weren't always available to take Nick as often as he wanted, and needed, to go train. He entered his first big air contest when he was 11, released his first video edit at 12, landed his first double flip at 13 and has been on a roll ever since. At age 16, Nick decided to enroll at Windells Academy in Mt Hood, Oregon where he was able to hone his skills by having access to the best training facilities and coaches around.	Bronze	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle
2014	Noelle Pikus-Pace (born 8 December 1982) is an American skeleton racer who began her career in 2001. She has won five medals at the FIBT World Championships, was a competitor in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and silver medalist in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.  Pikus-Pace won the women's Skeleton World Cup overall title in 2004–05. After winning the silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary, Pikus-Pace emerged as one of the favorites to medal at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Turin. Her medal ambitions would be dashed on October 19, 2005 at the Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Calgary when her right leg was broken by a four-man bobsleigh that failed to brake at the finish line. The bobsleigh ejected out of the end of the track and hit Pikus-Pace and teammate Lea Ann Parsley, narrowly missing three other team members. Pikus-Pace underwent surgery to repair her broken leg, which included an insertion of atitanium rod into her leg. She would return to competition seven weeks later at Igls, Austria, finishing 20th. She would chronicle her comeback from the 2005 freak accident which prevented her participation in Turin. This story was told in the critically acclaimed documentary 114 Days: The Race to Save a Dream. The US Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation petitioned to both the FIBT and theIOC to include Pikus-Pace in the women's skeleton competition, but to no avail. The only American representative in women's skeleton was Katie Uhlaender who finished sixth.	Silver	Luge	Skeleton women
2014	Matthew Antoine (born 2 April 1985) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. Antoine won gold in the mixed team event at the FIBT World Championships 2012 in Lake Placid, New York. His best World Cup race finish was first at Lake Placid in December 2013. He ranked third overall in the 2013–14 Skeleton World Cup. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the first U.S. medal in men's skeleton since Jimmy Shea won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Antoine graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania in 2009 with a degree in sports management, wellness and fitness.	Bronze	Luge	Skeleton men
2014	Steven Holcomb (born April 14, 1980 in Park City, Utah) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 1998. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948.[3] At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.  Holcomb was an alpine skier for twelve years. At the Utah Olympic Park for the 2002 Winter Olympics he then served as a bobsled forerunner, someone who tests the bobsled course prior to competition. Though Holcomb was not competing, the experience did allow him time on an Olympic course in front of fans. After leaving the military with an honorable discharge in June 2006, Holcomb began to compete on the World Cup circuit. Starting with the 2004–05 season, Holcomb consistently was the second and third ranked American driver. In the 2006–2007 season Holcomb (with team members Jovanovic and Kreitzburg) won the two man World Cup Championship, while his four man team (with Jovanovic, Kreitzburg, and Mesler) finished second. As Holcomb rose through the ranks of American bobsledders however, a degenerative eye condition, initially diagnosed in 2002, began to affect both his daily life and competitive skills. A non-invasive surgical procedure, C3-R, provided a measure of correction during the 2007–08 season, allowing him to earn three gold, three silver, and one bronze medals.	Bronze	Bobsleigh	Two-Man
2014	Steven Daniel Langton (born April 15, 1983 in Melrose, MA) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2007. On February 19, 2012 Steven Langton with pilot Steven Holcomb won the 2-Man event at the 2012 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. This victory marked the first time in the sport's history an American sled had won the event. On February 26, 2012 Langton teamed with pilot Steven Holcomb and push athletes Justin Olsen and Curtis Tomasevicz to claim Gold in the 4-Man event at the 2012 FIBT World Championships. With this victory, Holcomb and his crew became the first American team to win both the 2-Man and 4-Man events in the same World Championships. During the 2010–11 season Langton won the Inaugural World Push Championships held in Cesana Pariol, Italy. He is often regarded as one of the sport's best athletes. Langton has also won 20 World Cup medals; 10 Gold, 7 Silver and 3 Bronze. On January 17, 2010 Langton was named to the 2010 United States Olympic Team. He competed in both the 2-man and 4-man events with pilot, John Napier. Langton finished tenth in the 2-man event. Due to injuries that were sustained during USA 2's crash in the second run of the 4-Man event, Langton and his team did compete on the second day of the competition. Langton attended Northeastern University, in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2006 with a degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship. While at Northeastern, Langton competed in Athletics, excelling in both the 100m and jumping events. His 100m best is 10.58 seconds. He is currently studying for his Master's of Business Administration at the DeVry University. He has worked as a forum moderator for Battlefield 4,employed by the parent company 'Electronic Arts'.	Bronze	Bobsleigh	Two-Man
2014	Andrew Weibrecht (born February 10, 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic medalist from the the United States. Born in Lake Placid, New York, he races in all five disciplines and specializes in the speed events  Weibrecht made his World Cup debut on November 30, 2006 at Beaver Creek and became a full-time World Cup racer during the 2008season. He competed in three events in his debut at the World Championships in 2009 in Val d'Isère, earning his best finish of 39th in the Super G event. of Downhill and Super G.  Weibrecht won the silver medal in the Super-G in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, besting teammate Bode Miller, who tied for the bronze. Weibrecht, who skied 29th and last, was a surprise winner. He was in the lead at every split, except for the very last. The Los Angeles Times called Weibrecht's dramatic silver medal a "super-giant upset" and said Weibrecht "is only 28 but has had more body work done than a rent-a-wreck.	Silver	Alpine skiing	Men's Super-G
2014	Samuel Bode Miller (/ˈboʊdiː/; born October 12, 1977) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 victories – one of five men to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. In November 2004, Miller became the 5th and last man to win World Cup races in the slalom, giant slalom, Super-G, downhill, and combined − and today he is the only skiier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years. He has won six medals in the Winter Olympics, the most of any U.S. skier − two silvers (giant slalom and combined) in Salt Lake City 2002, a gold (super combined), a silver (Super-G) and a bronze (downhill) in Vancouver 2010 and a bronze (Super-G) in Sochi 2014 . Miller is one of 5 skiers who have won Olympic medals in 4 different disciplines, matching the feats of Kjetil André Aamodt and female racers Anja Pärson, Janica Kostelić, and Katja Seizinger. He has won six discipline World Cup titles. During his career Miller has also won four World Championships titles in four different disciplines (giant slalom, combined, Super-G and downhill) and one silver medal in Super-G .	Bronze	Alpine skiing	Men's Super-G
2014	Alex Deibold (born May 8, 1986) is an American snowboarder from Manchester, Vermont. Deibold won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Deibold who started snowboarding at the age of four, was a backup and wax technician at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games inVancouver.	Bronze	Snowboarding	Men's Snowboard Cross
2014	David Wise (born June 30, 1990) is an American freestyle skier. He won the gold medal at Winter X Games XVI in the SuperPipe. Wise is married to Alexandra and they have a daughter, Nayeli. He currently lives in Reno, Nevada. Wise is a Christian.	Gold	Freestyle skiing	Men's ski halfpipe
2014	Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is an Alpine ski racer from the United States. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who won the combined event at 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at 2014 Sochi Olympics. Ligety is also a four-time World Cup champion in giant slalom (2008, 2010, 2011, and 2013). Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the2011 World Championships. He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super G and a third gold medal in the super combined.[2] Through October 2013, he has 21 victories (20 in giant slalom and 1 super-combined) and 43 podiums in World Cup competition.  Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ligety grew up in Park City and began skiing at two and racing at ten. He attended The Winter Sports School and graduated in 2002. Ligety was named to the U.S. Skiing Development Team and won a silver medal in slalom in the Junior World Championships in 2004. He made his first start in a World Cup event during the 2004 World Cup season in the giant slalom at Park City. In the summer of 2004, Ligety and U.S. Ski Team head coach Sasha Rearick studied Fu Style Tai Chi. The next winter in the 2005 season, Ligety was added to the U.S. Ski Team full-time, during which he had four top-15 finishes in slalom, placing 24th overall in the discipline.	Gold	Giant slalom	Men
2014	Elana Meyers (born October 10, 1984) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2007. She is a native of Douglasville, Georgia and is a graduate of The George Washington University, where she was a member of the Softball team.  On February 24, 2010 Meyers along with Erin Pac won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run has a time of 53.28. Their second run has a time of 53.05. Their third run has a time of 53.29. Their fourth run has a time of 53.78 for a total of 3:33.40 a difference of +1.12 from first place. Meyers and brake-woman Katie Eberling placed second at the 2013 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz . On February 19, 2014 Meyers along with Lauryn Williams won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run has a time of 57.26, a track record. Their second run has a time of 57.63. Their third run has a time of 57.69. Their fourth run has a time of 58.13 for a total of 3:50.71 a difference of +0.10 from first place, just edged out by Canada 1.	Silver	Bobsleigh	Two-Man Women
2014	Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint and Bobsled athlete of Trinidadiandescent, competing internationally for the United States.[1] She was the gold medalist in the 100 meter dash at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2007 World Championships and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships. A World Junior Champion in 2002, she went on to win the 100 m at the 2003 Pan American Games and claimed the NCAA title over the distance for the University of Miami the following year. She has also featured as part of the American 4×100 meter relay team, winning gold medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. Williams is one of the five people to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. On January 19, 2014 Williams won her first bobsled gold medal in a World Cup event at Igls, Austria. She was later selected to be a part of the U.S. Olympic 2014 women's bobsled team.  On February 19, 2014 Williams along with Elana Meyers won the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Their first run has a time of 57.26, a track record. Their second run has a time of 57.63. Their third run has a time of 57.69. Their fourth run has a time of 58.13 for a total of 3:50.71 a difference of +0.10 from first place, just edged out by Canada 1.	Silver	Bobsleigh	Two-Man Women
2014	Jamie Greubel (born November 9, 1983) is an American bobsledder who won her first Bobsleigh World Cup medal in December 2012. She won the Bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Two-woman Bobsliegh event. Greubel graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey in 2002 and Cornell University in 2006. Greubel competed in field hockey and track in high school and was a heptathlete in college. She set Cornell records in the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon. She holds a master's degree in education. Greubel took up bobsledding after graduating from college at the suggestion of one of her college track and field teammates. She first made the U.S. national bobsled team in 2007–2008 season Greubel started in the sport as a brakeman but switched over to pilot in 2010. Greubel is currently engaged to German bobsledder Christian Poser.	Bronze	Bobsleigh	Two-Man Women
2014	Aja Evans (born 12 May 1988) is an American bobsledder who competes as a brakeman. She previously competed in track & field as a college athlete. Evans attended UNLV before transferring to the University of Illinois. Evans competed in both shot put and sprinting in college, and competed in shot put at the 2008 U.S. Olympic trials.  Evans was a brakeman for drivers Jamie Greubel, Elana Meyers, and Jazmine Fenlator in the 2012–2013 World Cup season, earning a bronze in Igls and a silver at the Sochi. In the 2013–2014 World Cup season, she earned silver at Calgary and gold at Park City. Evans was named to the U.S. Olympic bobsled team for the 2014 Winter Olympics on January 19, 2014.	Bronze	Bobsleigh	Two-Man Women

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(born January 10, 1994) is an American freestyle skier. She won a silver medal in the superpipe at Winter X Games XVI in 2012. Bowman won gold at Winter X Games XVII and a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ski halfpipe. Gold Halfpipe skiing Women Mikaela Shiffrin   (born March 13, 1995) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team, specializing in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She is the reigning Olympic, World Cup and world champion in slalom. She is the youngest ever winner of an Olympic slalom gold medal, 18 at the time.   Shiffrin opened her 2014 season by placing sixth in giant slalom, her career best, and within half a second of making the podium, inSölden, Austria, on October 26, 2013. She won the next event, a slalom at Levi, Finland, improving on her podium finish the previous year for her fifth World Cup victory. At Beaver Creek, she was runner-up in the giant slalom, her first World Cup podium in that event. On January 5, 2014, she secured first place in a two-run slalom race in Bormio, Italy (the race took place there instead of being, as scheduled, in Zagreb due to bad snow/weather conditions). On February 21, 2014 she won the Women's Slalom event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She is the youngest gold medal winner for this event in Olympic history at just 18 years of age. Earlier in the week she had finished 5th in the Giant Slalom. Christopher "Chris" Fogt   (born May 29, 1983) is an American bobsledder and a member of the famed Team Night Train participating the2014 Olympic Games in Sochi as the defending champion in the Four-Man Bobsled. He joined Team Night Train, driven by Steven Holcomb, after a record win in the Men's Bobsled U.S. National Push Championship title in 2013. He has pushed for drivers on the America's Cup and World Cup bobsled circuits, and competed in the 2010 Vancouver Games as a member of USA-2. Chris is the record holder in the U.S. Push Challenge, and finished third in the World Push Challenge. Team Night Train opened the 2013–2014 World Cup season with seven straight gold medals for the first time in history. Chris, a resident of Utah, is also a Captain in the United States Army and a participant in the US Army World Class Athlete Program. He joined the U.S. Army in 2008 and deployed to Iraq shortly after the Vancouver Games. Curtis "Curt" Tomasevicz   (born September 17, 1980) is an American former college football player for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, and bobsledder who has competed since 2004. He won six medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man: 2009, 2012), a silver (Mixed team: 2007) and three bronzes (Two-man: 2009, Mixed team: 2008, 2009). Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was an alternate during the (2006–07) season on World Cup tour for driver Steven Holcomb and won a gold in Cesana, Italy during the 2007–08 season. It was announced on 15 January 2010 that he made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he won a gold medal. Tomasevicz earned his bachelor and master’s of science degree in electrical engineering with a minor in astronomy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was named an Academic All Big 12 in 2002 and also played football for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2000–03. He comes from Shelby, Nebraska. He also speaks at schools around Nebraska. Eduardo Alvarez   (born January 30, 1990) is an American short track speed skater who has qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The son of Cuban immigrants, Alvarez grew up in Miami, Florida. He took up roller skating at age five, performing on the beach. He began ice speed skating at age seven, and at eleven he won national age-level titles in inline, long track, and short track speed skating. In high school, Alvarez took a break from skating to concentrate on his other love – baseball. He played well enough to earn a college scholarship, but instead quit the sport to pursue his Olympic dream. Alvarez made the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, winning a gold medal in 2009. After missing the 2010 Olympics, he returned to baseball in an attempt to give his knees a break after years of chronic pain. He became an All-Conferenceshortstop, but his knees did not improve. In early 2012, Alvarez underwent surgery to repair badly torn patellar tendons that left him completely immobile for four weeks. He returned to the National Team in July, but was too weak to navigate stairs, let alone skate competitively. After intense physical therapy, Alvarez made the United States' World Cup Team in December 2012. He finished the season as the country's third highest ranked skater. During the 2013–14 World Cup season, Alvarez won three medals. At the 2014 Olympic Trials, he placed second in the 500 meters, second in the 1500 meters, and third in the 1000 meters. The performance made him the first Cuban-American male speed skater to make a U.S. Olympic team. After the Olympics, Alvarez plans to give up speed skating to concentrate on baseball. Jordan Malone   (born April 20, 1984) is an American short track speed skater who was a member of the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He is from Denton, Texas, and is an alumnus of the Texas Tech University Independent School District.Jordan qualified for, and will be skating in, the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.  Jordan is a 29 year old native of Denton, Texas and the only child of single mom, Peggy Aitken. He's lived in Nante, France; Oldebroek, Holland; Long Beach, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah. His unusual life has taken him around the world to over 154 different cities in 18 different countries on 4 different continents. In 2013 Jordan eloped with his fiancé Angela Kim in a beautiful chapel in Las Vegas. Though he put his education on hold, Jordan plans to go to college and get an engineering degree. Jordan enjoys building and has started a business called Full Composite Racing. Jordan makes the "tips" that skaters wear on their fingers for when they put their left hands on the ice on turns. Jordan wasn't happy with the tips the skaters were using, which broke a lot and often didn't stay on. So he experimented with carbon fiber, a super strong material that is also difficult to work with. Jordan Malone now supplies much of the national team, at cost, and sells tips to other skaters to make his money back on the initial investment. John Robert "J.R." Celski   (/ˈsɛlski/, born July 17, 1990) is an American short track speed skater and two-time bronze medalist in the Winter Olympics. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Celski won bronze in the 1500 m and the 5000 m relay. His bronze medal in the 1500 m was a result of twoKorean skaters crashing into each other. Leading into the crash, he was in fifth place. Five months before the Olympics, Celski suffered a gruesome injury when he fell during a race and his right skate blade gashed his left thigh and was uncertain if he would compete at the Olympics. Celski was born in Monterey, California where his father Robert Celski was serving in the U.S. Army. He was raised in Federal Way, Washington. His father, Robert, is of Polish descent and his mother, Sue, is of Filipino descent. Celski has two older brothers, Chris and David; David serves as Captain in the United States Army, and Chris is a salesperson at Nordstrom. Celski attended Lakewood High School in Lakewood, California as well as Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Washington, graduating with high honors in the Merit Scholars Program. After the 2010 Winter Olympics, Celski initially intended to start his first year of college at the University of California, Berkeley; however, he has now delayed his college plans in order to focus on his new business promoting the Seattle arts scene, M.A.D. Northwest. Before switching to speed skating after seeing the 2002 Winter Olympics, Celski was a champion-class in-line skater. He missed the minimum age requirement for the 2006 Winter Olympics by 17 days. Christopher Creveling   (born December 29, 1986) is an American short track speed skater who has qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Growing up, his family owned a roller rink and was highly involved in the sport of roller skating. Creveling followed in the footsteps of his older siblings, learning to skate as soon as he could walk. He was selected for the 2003 United States' Junior World roller skating team in 2003 and for the Senior World Team from 2004–06. At the 2004 World Championships, he won a gold medal as part of the US relay team. In 2007, Creveling switched from inline skating to ice speed skating in hopes of making the Olympics. He tried both long track and short track speed skating before settling on short track. Creveling finished 13th overall at the 2010 Olympic short track trials. After moving toSalt Lake City, Utah to train full-time, he made the World Cup Team in 2012. Creveling placed second overall at 2013 National Championships, and won the 1000 meters at the meet. He was the top finishing American at the 2013 World Championships. At the 2014 Olympic Trials, Creveling placed second overall and was the only skater to beat J.R. Celski in any race. He is expected to skate the 1000 meters, 1500 meters, and men's relay events at the Olympics. As of January 2014, Creveling holds the American record in the 1000 meters.

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