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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, 31 athletes have medaled. The U.S. has won 24 medals overall, as some of the medalists competed as teams.The medalists are from 15 different states across the country and Washington, D.C. 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.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 previously competed in the 2022 Beijing Games.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. 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 took home her second consecutive silver in the women’s freestyle moguls skiing competition on Feb. 11. She also won silver in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.Kauf shared the podium with her first-time Olympian teammate Elizabeth Lemley, who won the top slot. Kauf is from Alta, Wyoming, and landed a score of 80.77.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.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.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
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, 31 athletes have medaled. The U.S. has won 24 medals overall, as some of the medalists competed as teams.
The medalists are from 16 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.
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 previously competed in the 2022 Beijing Games.
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.
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 took home her second consecutive silver in the women’s freestyle moguls skiing competition on Feb. 11. She also won silver in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Kauf shared the podium with her first-time Olympian teammate Elizabeth Lemley, who won the top slot. Kauf is from Alta, Wyoming, and landed a score of 80.77.
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.
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.
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