Who Is America's Greatest Winter Olympian?
Which American Winter Olympian best represents the USA in both Olympic spirit and Olympic results?
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- Apolo Ohno was born on 22 May 1982 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Tasmanian Devils (2013) and Superstore (2015).
- Bonnie Blair was born on 18 March 1964 in Cornwall, New York, USA. She has been married to Dave Cruikshank since 23 June 1996. They have two children.
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- Stunts
Shaun Roger White was born on September 3, 1986 to Roger and Kathy White, whom now reside in Carlsbad, California. Shaun has one brother, Jesse, and one sister, Kari. Shaun started snowboarding at age six and became a pro at age ten when he had started entering as "pro". His brother, Jesse, is also his manager, best friend, his everything.- Producer
Bode Miller was born on 12 October 1977 in Easton, New Hampshire, USA. He is a producer, known for The White Circus, The Story (2010) and Sportpanorama (1977). He has been married to Morgan Miller since 7 October 2012. They have six children.- Eric Heiden was born on 14 June 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He has been married to Karen Drews since 1995. They have two children.
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- Producer
Dick Button was born on 18 July 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Superstars (1973), The Young Doctors (1961) and 10th Winter Olympic Games (1968). He was previously married to Slavka Kahout.- Dan Jansen was born on 17 May 1965 in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA. He is known for A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story (1996), On Thin Ice (2021) and Soul of a Champion (2006). He has been married to Karen Palacios since 29 December 2000. He was previously married to Robin Wicker.
- Picabo Street was born on 3 April 1971 in Triumph, Idaho, USA. She is an actress, known for Arli$$ (1996), Stars Earn Stripes (2012) and American Gladiators (1989). She has been married to John Reeser since 25 October 2008. They have three children.
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Born in St. Paul, Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota, where he later coached from 1972-79, winning three national titles. Brooks was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. Brooks never had his own moment as a player. He was the last one cut from the 1960 U.S. gold-medal team, and he played in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics without winning a medal. Last season, Brooks was the director of player development for the Penguins. He rejected a multimillion-dollar offer to coach the Rangers last summer, saying didn't want to be away from his wife and family in Minnesota.
Brooks coached the New York Rangers (1981-85), where he reached the 100-victory mark faster than any other coach in franchise history. He coached the Minnesota North Stars (1987-88), the New Jersey Devils (1992-93) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (1999-00). He also led the French Olympic team at the 1998 Nagano Games.* 1960 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team alternate and 1980 US Olympic Team Coach- Dorothy Hamill was born on 26 July 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet on Ice (1983), Blades of Glory (2007) and The Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice (1984). She has been married to John Alexander MacColl since 21 November 2009. She was previously married to Dr. Kenneth Douglas Forsythe and Dean Paul Martin.
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Scott Hamilton was born on 28 August 1958 in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Blades of Glory (2007), Battle of the Sexes on Ice II (1997) and Battle of the Sexes on Ice III (1998). He has been married to Tracie Hamilton since 14 November 2002. They have four children.- Kristi was the Gold Medalist in figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. She was World Champion twice, in 1991 and 1992, and U. S. National Champion in 1992. Kristi was also U.S. National Pairs Champion twi ce, in 1989 and 1990, before deciding to focus on singles. In 1988, she won the Wo rld Juniors Championships in both singles and pairs.
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- Soundtrack
Peggy Fleming was born on 27 July 1948 in San Jose, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Blades of Glory (2007), Broadway on Showtime (1979) and Nutcracker on Ice (1995). She has been married to Greg Jenkins since 13 June 1970. They have two children.- Actor
- Producer
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Brian began to skate at age 8 when he went to a figure skating show which starred Peggy Fleming. He fell in love with the sport and quickly became very accomplished. At times, he even gave the 1984 men's Olympic Champion, Scott Hamilton, a run for his money. In 1988, he won "The Battle of the Brians" between himself and Canadian Brian Orser. He went pro and has skated and toured with skaters like Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, Paul Wylie and Kurt Browning.- Actress
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- Set Decorator
Only child of Jack and Patricia Lipinski. Her father is an oil executive, and her mom is a homemaker. Tara began roller skating at age 3, and won several championships. She turned to ice skating when she was 6, and she and her mom moved to Detroit so Tara could seriously train for international competitions. Her dad remained in Texas, and frequently visited Michigan. She became the youngest person to win a gold medal at the U. S. Olympic Festival, when she was 12. In 1997 she became the youngest person ever to win the U. S. national championship and the youngest ever to win the World Championships. In 1998 she won the Olympic gold medal, at age 15, making her the youngest skater to win that medal. After the Olympics, Tara turned professional. Today, she skates in professional competitions and Stars on Ice. She has said that she would like to continue to act.
Head-lined her own tour called Tara Lipinski's Miracle Match Tour to raise money for leukemia. Hosted a five city fashion show for Limited Too called Passion for Fashion. Made guest appearance on Wheel of Fortune dressed as a genie and donated her winnings to the Boys and Girls Club of America.- Julia Mancuso was born on 9 March 1984 in Reno, Nevada, USA. She has been married to Dylan Fish since 29 December 2017.
- Kelly Clark was born on 26 July 1983 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. She is an actress, known for Las Vegas (2003), For Right or Wrong (2006) and Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story (2021).
- Phil Mahre was born on 10 May 1957 in Yakima, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Winter (2011), Lake Placid 1980: XIII Olympic Winter Games (1980) and Innsbruck 1976: XII Olympic Winter Games (1976).
- Danny Kass was born on 21 September 1982 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Snowboarding: For Me (2014), FunDuhMentals: Transworld Snowboarding 20 Tricks (2012) and Resonance (2012).
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Lindsey Vonn (née Kildow) is now mostly known by her married name (her husband is the skier Thomas Vonn).
She began to ski at the tender age of 2 in her natal area Twin City (Minnesota) and was later enrolled into the famous development program at Buck Hill.
In her Olympic debut at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Lindsey came sixth in both slalom and combined at Salt Lake City and the next year she won a silver medal in downhill in the Junior World Championship at Puy St. Vincent, France.
In December 2004 she earned her first World Cup medal (bronze) for the downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta. Canada.
Despite injuries, Lindsey earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both the downhill and super G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 held in Sweden.
After a recovering 2007 season through February 9, 2008, she had already won five World Cup races during the season and became World Cup discipline leader in both downhill and combined.- Andrea Mead was born on 19 April 1932 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. She was married to Dave Lawrence. She died on 30 March 2009 in Mammoth Lakes, California, USA.
- Jenny Potter was born on 12 January 1979 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. She has been married to Rob Potter since 2001. They have two children.
- Angela Ruggiero was born on 3 January 1980 in Panorama City, California, USA. She is an executive.
- Tenley Albright was born on 18 July 1935 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
- Jamie Anderson was born on 13 September 1990 in El Dorado, California, USA.
- Ted Ligety was born on 31 August 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He has been married to Mia Pascoe since 26 July 2015. They have three children.
- Seth Wescott was born on 23 June 1976 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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- Executive
Chloe Sun Kim is an American snowboarder, sponsored by Target. Born on April 23, 2000 in Long Beach, California, Chloe is Korean-American. Her father Boran Kim and mother Jong Jin raised a family of three children including Chloe's sisters Erica and Tracy. Her father started her career in snowboarding at age 4 at their local resort in Mountain High, CA. She began competing at age 6 as part of Team Mountain High. Her training continued from ages 8 to 10, in Valais, Switzerland before returning the United States to continue training in Mammoth Mountain, CA. Her career as a snowboarder encountered an initial hindrance due to not being of qualifying age for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. She did however place second in the 2014 Winter X Games behind event winner Kelly Clark. She defeated Clark the following year at the 2015 Winter X Games. Chloe also placed first in both Halfpipe and Slopestyle competitions held at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. She was nominated for the 2016 ESPY Award (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) for "Best Breakthrough Athlete".- Mikaela Shiffrin was born on 13 March 1995 in Vail, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Barilla: The Party (2019), Sportpanorama (1977) and No Turning Back (2014).