Team United States of America - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
With 228 athletes (127 men, 101 women), it fielded the largest Olympic Winter team of all time, surpassing its own mark of 222 at Sochi 2014.

It competed in all 15 sports at PyeongChang 2018 and won 23 medals (nine gold), with 12 won by women, nine by men, and two in mixed/open events. It was fourth on the medal table, in both gold medals and total medals won. The US women were equal first for medals won and equal second in gold medals won, tied with the Netherlands on both counts.

Four athletes won two medals in PyeongChang. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin winning gold in women's giant slalom and silver in super combined but missed a medal in slalom, usually her most dominant event. While in women's snowboard, Jamie Anderson won the slopestyle event and took silver in big air. The brother/sister dance couple, Maia and Alex Shibutani, won two bronze medals in figure skating, one in ice dance and the other in the team event.

The United States won medals in 11 of the 15 disciplines on the programme, the most of any nation at PyeongChang. Its best sport was snowboarding, where it won four gold and seven total medals, leading all nations in the sport.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Alpine Skiing: 3 (1-1-1)
Bobsleigh: 1 (0-1-0)
Cross-Country Skiing: 1 (1-0-0)
Curling: 1 (1-0-0)
Figure Skating: 2 (0-0-2)
Freestyle Skiing: 4 (1-2-1)
Ice Hockey: 1 (1-0-0)
Luge: 1 (0-1-0)
Short Track Speed Skating: 1 (0-1-0)
Snowboard: 7 (4-2-1)
Speed Skating: 1 (0-0-1)
Total: 23 (9-8-6)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Erin Hamlin (LUG)
Closing Ceremony: Jessie Diggins (CCS)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
The United States has competed at every Olympic Games, with the exception of Moscow 1980 and has won more medals than any other nation, with 2951 medals including 1170 gold.

Competing at every Olympic Winter Games (as well as at the 1908 and 1920 figure skating and ice hockey events), it has won 305 Winter Olympic medals with 105 golds, with two additional medals in 1920. Its top Winter Olympians have been short track skater Apolo Anton Ohno (eight medals), speed skater Bonnie Blair (six medals, five gold), Alpine skier Bode Miller (six medals), and speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in five events at the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games.

The US had its greatest gold medal haul at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games, winning 10 gold. At Vancouver 2010 it finished with a total of 37 medals (including nine gold), the most medals won by the USA at a single Winter Games (two short of Norway's 39 at PyeongChang 2018).

At Sochi 2014, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic slalom champion at age 18 years and 345 days.

Many of the most successful Olympians have come from the United States, notably Michael Phelps (23 gold, 28 total), Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis (both nine gold), and Ray Ewry (eight gold). Among its women, three swimmers have won 12 medals - Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, and Jenny Thompson (eight gold). Allyson Felix leads all women in athletics with seven gold and 11 total medals.

MEDALS BY CLASS AT PREVIOUS OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Men: 161 (60-60-41)
Women: 129 (44-46-39)
Mixed: 13 (1-5-7)
Open: 4 (0-2-2)
Totals: 307 (105-113-89)

OLYMPIC HOSTS
The United States has been host to the Olympic Games more than any other country, hosting the Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games four times each.

St. Louis, MO - 1904 Olympic Games*
Los Angeles, CA - 1932 Olympic Games
Los Angeles, CA - 1984 Olympic Games
Atlanta, GA - 1996 Olympic Games
Los Angeles, CA - 2028 Olympic Games (scheduled)

Lake Placid, NY - 1932 Olympic Winter Games
Squaw Valley, CA - 1960 Olympic Winter Games
Lake Placid, NY - 1980 Olympic Winter Games
Salt Lake City, UT - 2002 Olympic Winter Games

*Chicago, IL stepped aside in favour of St. Louis, which was hosting the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair)
** Denver, Colorado - 1976 Olympic Winter Games (selected as host but turned the Games down after a citizens' referendum)

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Theresa Weld-Blanchard (25 April 1920) - 1920 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze (see Note)
First Competitor, Female: Theresa Weld-Blanchard (28 January 1924) - 1924 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 4th
First Competitor, Female: Beatrix Loughran (28 January 1924) - 1924 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Silver

First Competitor, Male: Irving Brokaw (28 October 1908) - 1908 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 6th (see Note)
First Competitor, Male: Team (23 April 1920) - 1920 - Ice Hockey - Silver (see Note)
First Competitor, Male: Joe Moore (26 January 1924) - 1924 - Speed Skating (500m) - 8th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Kay Lunda (14y-288d) - 1972 - Speed Skating (500m) - 7th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Scotty Allen (14y-360d) - 1964 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze

Oldest Competitor, Female: Joni Cotten (48y-265d) - 2002 - Curling - 4th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Joseph Savage (52y-267d) - 1932 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 7th

First Medallist, Female: Theresa Weld-Blanchard (25 April 1920) - 1920 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze
First Medallist, Female: Beatrix Loughran (29 January 1924) - 1924 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Silver

First Medallist, Male: Team (29 April 1920) - 1920 - Ice Hockey - Silver (see Note)
First Medallist, Male: Charley Jewtraw (26 January 1924) - 1924 - Speed Skating (500m) - Gold

First Gold Medallist, Female: Gretchen Fraser (5 February 1948) - 1948 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Charley Jewtraw (26 January 1924) - 1924 - Speed Skating (500m) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Tara Lipinski (15y-255d) - 1998 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
Youngest Medallist, Male: Scotty Allen (14y-363d) - 1964 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Tara Lipinski (15y-255d) - 1998 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Billy Fiske (16y-258d) - 1928 - Bobsleigh (4-man/5-man) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Kikkan Randall (35y-051d) - 2018 - Cross-Country Skiing (Team Sprint Freestyle) - Gold
Oldest Medallist, Male: J. J. O'Brien (48y-358d) - 1932 - Bobsleigh (4-man) - Gold

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Kikkan Randall (35y-051d) - 2018 - Cross-Country Skiing (Team Sprint Freestyle) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: J. J. O'Brien (48y-358d) - 1932 - Bobsleigh (4-man) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Bonnie Blair (6 | 5-0-1) - Speed Skating
Most Medals, Male: Apolo Anton Ohno (8 | 2-2-4) - Short Track Speed Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Bonnie Blair (5) - Speed Skating
Most Gold Medals, Male: Eric Heiden (5) - Speed Skating

Note: Lists include the 1908 and 1920 figure skating and ice hockey, which were technically part of the Olympic Games.

Additional Information:

https://www.teamusa.org/

Anthem Title: The Star Spangled Banner

Anthem Composer: Music: John Stafford Smith, Lyrics: Francis Scott Key

Anthem Inducted: 1931

Founding Date: 1894

IOC Recognition Date: 1894

Delegation President: Susanne Lyons

Delegation Secretary General: Sarah Hirshland

IOC Members: Current:Anita DeFrantz (entry into IOC: 1986)Henry Kissinger (entry into IOC: 2000)David Haggerty (entry into IOC: 2020)Former:William Sloane (1894-1924)Theodore Stanton (1900-1903)Caspar Whitney (1900-1904)James Hyde (1903-1908)Allison Armour (1908-1920)Evert Wendell (1911-1917)Bartow Weeks (1918-1922)Charles Sherrill (1922-1936)William Garland (1922-1948)David Kinley (1924-1927)Ernest Lee Jahncke (1927-1936)Avery Brundage (1936-1972)Frederic Coudert (1937-1948)John Garland (1948-1968)Brooks Parker (1950-1951)Doug Roby (1952-1984)Julie Roosevelt (1974-1986)Robert Helmick (1985-1991)Jim Easton (1994-2015)George Killian (1996-1997)Bob Ctvrtlik (1999-2007)William Hybl (2000-2002)Sandra Baldwin (2002-2003)Angela Ruggiero (2010-2018)Larry Probst (2013-2018)Kikkan Randall (2018-2021)James L. Easton (IOC member from 1994 to 2015, Honorary Member since 2015)Henry Kissinger (Honor Member since 2000)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1924

Number OG/PG Appearances: 23

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