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The cauldrons have been lit, and Team USA’s 232 athletes are now battling to bring home some hardware from the Olympic Games.The Get the Facts Data Team is tracking which Team USA athletes have medaled, and where they’re from. Breezy Johnson – who won gold in the Olympic downhill on the opening weekend – secured the United States’ first medal of the 2026 Winter Games. So far, 30 athletes have medaled. The U.S. has won 25 medals overall, as some of the medalists competed as teams.The medalists are from 15 different states across the country.Colorado is winning in the medal race so far with six medals. California and Vermont are tied as the runner-ups with four medals each. Here are the athletes who have won gold Breezy JohnsonJohnson secured gold in the Olympic downhill event. The 30-year-old is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She had previously competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, but a knee injury prevented her from competing in the 2022 Games.Johnson finished the downhill run in 1 minute, 36.10 seconds – narrowly beating the German silver medalist by .04 seconds. Figure skating team eventThe U.S. figure skating team medalists include Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Ellie Kam, and Danny O’Shea. The team event involves eight segments of competition: men’s short program, women’s short program, men’s free skate, women’s free skate, pairs short program, pairs free skate, rhythm dance and free dance.Ice dancers Chock and Bates finished first in both rhythm and free dance.Kam and O’Shea competed together in the pairs events, finishing fourth in free skate and fifth in the short program. Liu and Malinin competed in the short program for women’s and men’s – both earning second place. Glenn placed third in the women’s free skate, and Malinin placed first in the men’s.Elizabeth LemleyLemley won gold in women’s freestyle moguls skiing and shared a podium with fellow Team USA athlete Jaelin Kauf, who took home silver.Lemley, 20, is the youngest member of the American mogul team. She is from Vail, Colorado, and scored 82.30 points.Lemley also won bronze in the women’s dual moguls event.Jordan StolzStolz didn’t just earn a gold medal at the men’s 1,000 meters competition. He also set a new Olympic record. The 21-year-old speedskater from Kewaskum, Wisconsin, completed his race in 1:06.28, beating the previous Olympic record time of 1:07.18 set in 2002 — before Stolz was born. He also won gold in the men’s 500 meters competition and silver in the men’s 1500 meters race.Stolz previously competed in the 2022 Beijing Games.Elana Meyers TaylorMeyers Taylor won gold in the women’s monobob event and, at 41 years old, broke her own record of being the oldest woman to medal in Olympic bobsled. The gold is her sixth Olympic medal, joining three silver and two bronze. Even before her newest hardware, Meyers Taylor was the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history. Mikaela ShiffrinShiffrin won gold in the women’s slalom event, ending her 8-year Olympic medal drought. It’s the third gold for the four-time Olympian. She also has a silver medal.Shiffrin dominated the competition and finished 1.5 seconds before the Swiss silver medalist.Silver medalistsBen OgdenOgden won silver in the men’s sprint classic, finishing just .87 second behind the gold medalist from Norway. The 25-year-old is from Landgrove, Vermont. This is the first cross-country skiing medal the U.S. has won in 50 years. Ogden won a second silver medal alongside teammate Gus Schumacher in the men’s team sprint freestyle event. Alex HallThe 27-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, won a silver medal in the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle event. Hall was the defending gold medalist, but Norway’s Birk Ruud took that honor this year. Korey Dropkin and Cory ThiesseDropkin and Thiesse won the silver medal in mixed doubles curling at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy. It was the first time the U.S. had reached an Olympic curling mixed doubles final.The pair lost 5-6 to Sweden in what was a narrow match.Dropkin is from Southborough, Massachusetts, and Thiesse is from Duluth, Minnesota. Both are now based in Duluth and have full-time jobs outside of curling. Jaelin KaufThe 29-year-old has won two silver medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics.She took home her second consecutive silver in the women’s freestyle moguls skiing competition on Feb. 11, after also winning silver in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Kauf shared the podium with her first-time Olympian teammate Elizabeth Lemley, who won the top slot. Later, Kauf won silver in the women’s dual moguls event. She is 29 years old and is from Alta, Wyoming.Ryan Cochran-SiegleThe 33-year-old athlete from Starksboro, Vermont, won his second consecutive silver medal in the men’s super-G event. He finished .13 seconds behind the Swiss athlete who won gold.Cochran-Siegle is a three-time Olympian. He previously competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and won his first silver medal in the men’s super-G event in 2022.Madison Chock and Evan BatesThe pair took home the silver medal in ice dancing on Wednesday, adding to the gold medal in the team figure skating event they earned earlier in the week. They fell 1.43 points shy of the French gold medalists.Chock and Bates have been skating together for 15 years and were married in 2024.Chloe KimKim – who won gold in the halfpipe in the past two Olympics – is taking home a silver medal this year. The 25-year-old Olympian from California ceded the top spot to a snowboarder from South Korea.Men’s speedskating team pursuitTeam USA’s speedskating team earned silver in the team pursuit event, falling 4.51 seconds behind Italy’s winning team.The team includes Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman.Gus Schumacher and Ben OgdenThe pair won silver in the men’s team sprint freestyle event finals. This is Ogden’s second silver medal in the Milan Cortina Games, and it’s Schumacher’s first-ever Olympic medal.This is the first time Team USA’s men’s cross-country skiing team has won in the sprint. They finished seconds behind Team Norway, and Team Italy won bronze.Bronze medalistsJackie Wiles and Paula MoltzanThe pair took home bronze on Feb. 10 at the women’s team combined alpine skiing event.Moltzan is a Minnesota native who now lives in Vermont. Her first Olympic Games were in 2022.Wiles is from Aurora, Oregon, and competed in both the 2014 and 2022 Olympics. A serious crash before the 2018 Winter Games prevented her from competing that year.Ashley FarquharsonThe luge athlete secured bronze in the women’s singles event on Feb. 10. Farquharson is from Park City, Utah. She is just the second woman from Team USA to medal in luge. She also competed in the 2022 Olympic Games.Jessie DigginsThe 34-year-old from Afton, Minnesota, won bronze in the women’s 10-kilometer interval start freestyle event. Diggins finished with a time of 23:38.9, collapsing on the finish line as she crossed. The Swedish silver medalist was about three seconds faster.This is Diggins’ fourth Olympics, and her fourth medal. She has one gold, one silver and now two bronze medals.Kaillie Armbruster HumphriesArmbruster Humphries won bronze in the women’s monobob event. She is a five-time Olympic medalist and has represented both Canada and the United States. The 40-year-old already had three gold medals and one bronze. She is from Calgary, Canada.Jake CanterIn his first Olympics, the 22-year-old secured bronze in the men’s slopestyle snowboarding event. Canter’s medal comes 10 years after he suffered a life-threatening traumatic brain injury from a freak accident on a trampoline. 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The cauldrons have been lit, and Team USA’s 232 athletes are now battling to bring home some hardware from the Olympic Games.

The Get the Facts Data Team is tracking which Team USA athletes have medaled, and where they’re from.

Breezy Johnson – who won gold in the Olympic downhill on the opening weekend – secured the United States’ first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.

So far, 30 athletes have medaled. The U.S. has won 25 medals overall, as some of the medalists competed as teams.

The medalists are from 15 different states across the country.

Colorado is winning in the medal race so far with six medals. California and Vermont are tied as the runner-ups with four medals each.

Here are the athletes who have won gold

Breezy Johnson

Johnson secured gold in the Olympic downhill event. The 30-year-old is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She had previously competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, but a knee injury prevented her from competing in the 2022 Games.

Johnson finished the downhill run in 1 minute, 36.10 seconds – narrowly beating the German silver medalist by .04 seconds.


Figure skating team event

The U.S. figure skating team medalists include Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Ellie Kam, and Danny O’Shea.

The team event involves eight segments of competition: men’s short program, women’s short program, men’s free skate, women’s free skate, pairs short program, pairs free skate, rhythm dance and free dance.

Ice dancers Chock and Bates finished first in both rhythm and free dance.

Kam and O’Shea competed together in the pairs events, finishing fourth in free skate and fifth in the short program.

Liu and Malinin competed in the short program for women’s and men’s – both earning second place. Glenn placed third in the women’s free skate, and Malinin placed first in the men’s.


Elizabeth Lemley

Lemley won gold in women’s freestyle moguls skiing and shared a podium with fellow Team USA athlete Jaelin Kauf, who took home silver.

Lemley, 20, is the youngest member of the American mogul team. She is from Vail, Colorado, and scored 82.30 points.

Lemley also won bronze in the women’s dual moguls event.


Jordan Stolz

Stolz didn’t just earn a gold medal at the men’s 1,000 meters competition. He also set a new Olympic record.

The 21-year-old speedskater from Kewaskum, Wisconsin, completed his race in 1:06.28, beating the previous Olympic record time of 1:07.18 set in 2002 — before Stolz was born.

He also won gold in the men’s 500 meters competition and silver in the men’s 1500 meters race.

Stolz previously competed in the 2022 Beijing Games.


Elana Meyers Taylor

Meyers Taylor won gold in the women’s monobob event and, at 41 years old, broke her own record of being the oldest woman to medal in Olympic bobsled.

The gold is her sixth Olympic medal, joining three silver and two bronze. Even before her newest hardware, Meyers Taylor was the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history.


Mikaela Shiffrin

Shiffrin won gold in the women’s slalom event, ending her 8-year Olympic medal drought. It’s the third gold for the four-time Olympian. She also has a silver medal.

Shiffrin dominated the competition and finished 1.5 seconds before the Swiss silver medalist.

Silver medalists

Ben Ogden

Ogden won silver in the men’s sprint classic, finishing just .87 second behind the gold medalist from Norway. The 25-year-old is from Landgrove, Vermont.

This is the first cross-country skiing medal the U.S. has won in 50 years.

Ogden won a second silver medal alongside teammate Gus Schumacher in the men’s team sprint freestyle event.


Alex Hall

The 27-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, won a silver medal in the men’s freestyle skiing slopestyle event. Hall was the defending gold medalist, but Norway’s Birk Ruud took that honor this year.


Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse

Dropkin and Thiesse won the silver medal in mixed doubles curling at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy. It was the first time the U.S. had reached an Olympic curling mixed doubles final.

The pair lost 5-6 to Sweden in what was a narrow match.

Dropkin is from Southborough, Massachusetts, and Thiesse is from Duluth, Minnesota. Both are now based in Duluth and have full-time jobs outside of curling.


Jaelin Kauf

The 29-year-old has won two silver medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

She took home her second consecutive silver in the women’s freestyle moguls skiing competition on Feb. 11, after also winning silver in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Kauf shared the podium with her first-time Olympian teammate Elizabeth Lemley, who won the top slot.

Later, Kauf won silver in the women’s dual moguls event. She is 29 years old and is from Alta, Wyoming.


Ryan Cochran-Siegle

The 33-year-old athlete from Starksboro, Vermont, won his second consecutive silver medal in the men’s super-G event. He finished .13 seconds behind the Swiss athlete who won gold.

Cochran-Siegle is a three-time Olympian. He previously competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and won his first silver medal in the men’s super-G event in 2022.


Madison Chock and Evan Bates

The pair took home the silver medal in ice dancing on Wednesday, adding to the gold medal in the team figure skating event they earned earlier in the week. They fell 1.43 points shy of the French gold medalists.

Chock and Bates have been skating together for 15 years and were married in 2024.


Chloe Kim

Kim – who won gold in the halfpipe in the past two Olympics – is taking home a silver medal this year. The 25-year-old Olympian from California ceded the top spot to a snowboarder from South Korea.


Men’s speedskating team pursuit

Team USA’s speedskating team earned silver in the team pursuit event, falling 4.51 seconds behind Italy’s winning team.

The team includes Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson and Emery Lehman.


Gus Schumacher and Ben Ogden

The pair won silver in the men’s team sprint freestyle event finals. This is Ogden’s second silver medal in the Milan Cortina Games, and it’s Schumacher’s first-ever Olympic medal.

This is the first time Team USA’s men’s cross-country skiing team has won in the sprint. They finished seconds behind Team Norway, and Team Italy won bronze.

Bronze medalists

Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan

The pair took home bronze on Feb. 10 at the women’s team combined alpine skiing event.

Moltzan is a Minnesota native who now lives in Vermont. Her first Olympic Games were in 2022.

Wiles is from Aurora, Oregon, and competed in both the 2014 and 2022 Olympics. A serious crash before the 2018 Winter Games prevented her from competing that year.


Ashley Farquharson

The luge athlete secured bronze in the women’s singles event on Feb. 10. Farquharson is from Park City, Utah. She is just the second woman from Team USA to medal in luge.

She also competed in the 2022 Olympic Games.


Jessie Diggins

The 34-year-old from Afton, Minnesota, won bronze in the women’s 10-kilometer interval start freestyle event. Diggins finished with a time of 23:38.9, collapsing on the finish line as she crossed. The Swedish silver medalist was about three seconds faster.

This is Diggins’ fourth Olympics, and her fourth medal. She has one gold, one silver and now two bronze medals.


Kaillie Armbruster Humphries

Armbruster Humphries won bronze in the women’s monobob event. She is a five-time Olympic medalist and has represented both Canada and the United States.

The 40-year-old already had three gold medals and one bronze. She is from Calgary, Canada.


Jake Canter

In his first Olympics, the 22-year-old secured bronze in the men’s slopestyle snowboarding event. Canter’s medal comes 10 years after he suffered a life-threatening traumatic brain injury from a freak accident on a trampoline.



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