It seems only a few months ago since the Paris Olympics. Perhaps I’m getting old. Perhaps, also, there hasn’t appeared to have been a gap between Paris and last night’s opening of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics because qualifying events for Milan Cortina began even before the Paris Olympics started.
Take ice hockey as an example. The qualification period for the ice hockey tournament began with the start of the 2020 Men’s World Championships, which contributed towards world rankings that decided which nations qualified to Milan. And the women’s ice hockey qualification began with the 2021 Women’s World Championships. The 2926 world ranking also included placings of all Hockey teams at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. So, if the same qualification criteria for is approved for next Winter Olympics, then all the ice hockey teams competing in Milan will have begun their qualification for 2030.
So, you can see that following the Olympics is more than just two weeks every two years for Olympic historians like myself.
Below is a chart of Team LGBT athletes who have competed in Winter Olympic qualification events or appeared in world/Olympic qualification ranking lists who did NOT qualify for the Olympics in the year listed. Many of them did become full Olympians before or after the years shown.
The chart is not authoritative and is not complete. I haven’t had time to research the past competitions of all of Milan’s Olympic first-timers and recently out athletes, to see if they have any previous involvement in Olympic qualification event. I’ve included the ones I already knew about. Regard this list as just a work in progress.
A lot more research is needed to reveal exactly who is eligible for qualification. Is the athlete regarded as sufficiently proficient in his or her sport to be considered eligible, for example? Some of the figure skaters listed below competed in Olympic qualification events when they were teenagers. This wouldn’t necessarily exclude them from qualifying, after all, Ondrej Nepela, was only 13 when he competed for Czechoslovakia in 1964. After the fiasco of Beijing 2022 and the young Russian figure skater, the lower age for figure skating has been raised to 17. It’s all very complicated, and as I said, a lot more research needs to be done.
Another criteria to point out concerns the current debate (or rather, current deliberate confrontation by both sides) on the inclusion of transgender athletes. Sex and gender testing have been part of international sport for decades. For the purposes of the chart below I will point out one name, Erik Schinegger. He competed in women’s alpine skiing in the early 1960s. He had been world champion in 1966, and the Austrian champion in 1967, and Austria’s top hope for gold at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. In those days the IOC conducted gender tests on all athletes. Erik’s test revealed he was actually intersex, and was immediately banned from competing in all alpine skiing events. Erik chose to accept the decision and just as immediately began identifying as a man. Erik still something of a sporting celebrity. He appeared in the Austrian version of “Dancing With the Stars” in 2014. He now runs a skiing school in Austria. I wonder if he’ll be pooping over the border to watch the alpine skiing in Cortina, which is only a couple of hours away from his ski school
But I’ve rambled too much. Enjoy the list below. The list gives the year and host city of each Winter games. The name, nation and sport of each athlete is given underneath it. The OLY column indicates the number of Olympic Games in which the athlete has competed (either before or after their unsuccessful qualification year). “Alt.” indicates that the athletes became an Alternate team member, designated to replace any official Olympic team member in cases of injury or other incapacitation.
After it’s all over I’ll produce a complete Team LGBT Winter Olympian List.
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1964 INNSBRUCK |
OLY |
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John Carrell |
USA |
figure skating |
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Dennis Sveum |
USA |
ice dance |
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Wynn Miller |
USA |
ice dance |
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1968 GRENOBLE |
OLY |
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Erik Schinegger |
Austria |
alpine skiing |
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Rick Inglesi |
USA |
figure skating |
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John Carrell |
USA |
figure skating |
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1972 SAPPORO |
OLY |
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Robert Knapp |
Canada |
ice dance |
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1980 LAKE PLACID |
OLY |
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Brian Orser |
Canada |
figure skating |
2 |
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Rob McCall |
Canada |
ice dance |
2 |
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Barry Hagan |
USA |
figure skating |
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Robert Wagenhoffer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Larry Schrier |
USA |
pairs skating |
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1984 SARAJEVO |
OLY |
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Perry Meek |
Australia |
figure skating |
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Dennis Coi |
Canada |
figure skating |
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J. Scott Driscoll |
USA |
figure skating |
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Rudy Galindo |
USA |
figure skating |
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Darin Hosier |
USA |
figure skating |
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William Lawe |
USA |
figure skating |
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Doug Mattis |
USA |
figure skating |
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Caroline Paul |
USA |
luge |
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1988 CALGARY |
OLY |
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Michael Chack |
USA |
figure skating |
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Philip DiGuglielmo |
USA |
figure skating |
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Rudy Galindo |
USA |
figure skating |
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Brian Grant |
USA |
figure skating |
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Doug Mattis |
USA |
figure skating |
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Mark Mitchell |
USA |
figure skating |
Alt. |
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Grant Rorvick |
USA |
figure skating |
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Lance Travis |
USA |
figure skating |
Alt. |
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Shawn Rettstatt |
USA |
pairs skating |
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1992 ALBERTVILLE |
OLY |
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Damon Allen |
USA |
figure skating |
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Michael Chack |
USA |
figure skating |
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Derrick Delmore |
USA |
figure skating |
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Rudy Galindo |
USA |
figure skating |
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1994 LILLEHAMMER |
OLY |
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Matthew Hall |
Canada |
figure skating |
Alt. |
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Damon Allen |
USA |
figure skating |
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Derrick Delmore |
USA |
figure skating |
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Rudy Galindo |
USA |
figure skating |
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Mark Mitchell |
USA |
figure skating |
Alt. |
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Russ Witherby |
USA |
pairs skating |
1 |
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1998 NAGANO |
OLY |
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Francis Bureau |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Jeff Buttle |
Canada |
figure skating |
1 & Alt. |
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Bradley Dalziel |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Joel Geleynse |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Christopher Mabee |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Tyler Myles |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Emanuel Sandhu |
Canada |
figure skating |
2 |
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Angela James |
Canada |
ice hockey |
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Sacha Blanchet |
Canada |
pairs skating |
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Michael Chack |
USA |
figure skating |
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Derrick Delmore |
USA |
figure skating |
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Josh Figurido |
USA |
figure skating |
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Timothy Goebel |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Benjamin Miller |
USA |
figure skating |
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Matt Savoie |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Eric Schroyer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Matt Evers |
USA |
pairs skating |
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2002 SALT LAKE CITY |
OLY |
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Cédric Demers |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Christopher Mabee |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Keegan Murphy |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Tyler Myles |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Shawn Sawyer |
Canada |
figure skating |
1 |
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Frouke Oonk |
Netherlands |
speed skating |
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Cole Davis |
USA |
figure skating |
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Derrick Delmore |
USA |
figure skating |
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Benjamin Miller |
USA |
figure skating |
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Matt Savoie |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Rohene Ward |
USA |
figure skating |
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Johnny Weir |
USA |
figure skating |
2 |
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Ryan O'Meara |
USA |
ice dance |
1 |
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Tricia Stumpf |
USA |
skeleton |
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Ryan Miller |
USA |
snowboard |
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2006 TURIN |
OLY |
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Chavdar Arsov |
Bulgaria |
luge |
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Cédric Demers |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Ian Fotheringham |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Ehren
Jaleel(-Wenrich) |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Pierre-Philippe
Joncas |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Jean-Simon Légaré |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Christopher Mabee |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Keegan Murphy |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Jeremy Ten |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Frédéric Allain |
Canada |
ice dance |
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Eric Radford |
Canada |
pairs skating |
3 |
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Marieke Wijsman |
Netherlands |
speed skating |
2 |
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Frouke Oonk |
Netherlands |
speed skating |
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Cole Davis |
USA |
figure skating |
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Derrick Delmore |
USA |
figure skating |
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Scott Dyer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Timothy Goebel |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Rohene Ward |
USA |
figure skating |
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Drew Meekins |
USA |
pairs skating |
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Keith Carney |
USA |
speed skating |
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2010 VANCOUVER |
OLY |
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John Epping |
Canada |
curling |
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Evan Gammon |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Garrett Gosselin |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Ehren
Jaleel(-Wenrich) |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Shawn Sawyer |
Canada |
figure skating |
1 |
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Benjamin Smyth |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Garnet Suidy |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Jeremy Ten |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Benjamin
Westenberger |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Kaitlyn Weaver |
Canada |
ice dance |
1 |
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Eric Radford |
Canada |
pairs skating |
3 |
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Jamal Othman |
Switzerland |
figure skating |
1 |
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Camille Balanche |
Switzerland |
ice hockey |
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Tracy Call |
USA |
bobsleigh |
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Jason Brown |
USA |
figure skating |
2 |
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Christopher Caluza |
USA |
figure skating |
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Wesley Campbell |
USA |
figure skating |
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Scott Dyer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Timothy LeDuc |
USA |
pairs skating |
1 & Alt. |
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Keith Carney |
USA |
speed skating |
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2014 SOCHI |
OLY |
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Laís Souza |
Brazil |
freestyle skiing |
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John Epping |
Canada |
curling |
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Garrett Gosselin |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Benjamin Smyth |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Jeremy Ten |
Canada |
figure skating |
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Paul Poirier |
Canada |
ice dance |
3 |
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Eric Mitchell |
Canada |
ski jumping |
1 |
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Arieta Lédlová |
Czech Rep. |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Natalia Zabiiako |
Estonia |
pairs skating |
1 |
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Kévin Aymoz |
France |
figure skating |
1 |
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Manon Kamminga |
Netherlands |
speed skating |
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Christopher Caluza |
Philippines |
figure skating |
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Luis Fenero |
Spain |
ice dance |
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Johanna Fallman |
Sweden |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Scott Dyer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Adam Rippon |
USA |
figure skating |
1 & Alt. |
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Megan Wessenberg |
USA |
figure skating |
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Joe Johnson |
USA |
ice dance |
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Rachel Parsons |
USA |
ice dance |
1 |
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Nick Traxler |
USA |
ice dance |
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Timothy LeDuc |
USA |
pairs skating |
1 & Alt. |
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Jimmy Morgan |
USA |
pairs skating |
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2018 PYEONGCHANG |
OLY |
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Simon
Proulx-Sénécal |
Armenia |
ice dance |
1 |
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Nicole Silveira |
Brazil |
bobsleigh |
2 |
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John Epping |
Canada |
curling |
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Dustin Kidby |
Canada |
curling |
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Paul Poirier |
Canada |
ice dance |
3 |
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Kaitlyn Weaver |
Canada |
ice dance |
1 |
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Emerance Maschmeyer |
Canada |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Jaime Lee Rattray |
Canada |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Georgia Simmerling |
Canada |
ski-cross |
2 |
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Arieta Lédlová |
Czech Rep. |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Kévin Aymoz |
France |
figure skating |
1 |
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Bruce Mouat |
Great Britain |
curling |
2 |
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Letitia de Jong |
Netherlands |
speed skating |
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Andrzej Stękala |
Poland |
ski-jumping |
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Javier Raya |
Spain |
figure skating |
1 |
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Anna Kjellbin |
Sweden |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Scott Dyer |
USA |
figure skating |
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Amber Glenn |
USA |
figure skating |
1 & Alt. |
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Megan Wessenberg |
USA |
figure skating |
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Joe Johnson |
USA |
ice dance |
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Marina Manta |
USA |
ice dance |
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Rachel Parsons |
USA |
ice dance |
1 |
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Alex Carpenter |
USA |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Fennell, John |
USA |
luge |
2 |
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Andrew Blaser |
USA |
skeleton |
1 |
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2020 LAUSANNE (YOUTH) |
OLY |
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Ronja Mogren |
Sweden |
ice hockey |
1 |
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2022 BEIJING |
OLY |
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John Epping |
Canada |
curling |
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Wesley Forget |
Canada |
curling |
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Dustin Kidby |
Canada |
curling |
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Geneviève Lacasse |
Canada |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Geneviève Lacasse |
Canada |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Matilda Nilsson |
Finland |
ice hockey |
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Chloé Auraud |
France |
ice hockey |
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Anthony Currie |
Great Britain |
ice dance |
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Cheryl Maas |
Netherlands |
snowboard |
3 |
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Andrzej Stękala |
Poland |
ski-jumping |
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Elena Stern |
Switzerland |
curling |
1 |
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Gracie Gold |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Megan Wessenberg |
USA |
figure skating |
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Sidney Morin |
USA |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Amanda Pelkey |
USA |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Kendall Wesenberg |
USA |
skeleton |
1 |
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Breezy Johnson |
USA |
alpine skiing |
2 |
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Conor
McDermott-Mostowy |
USA |
speed skating |
1 |
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2026 MILAN CORTINA |
OLY |
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Belle Brockhoff |
Australia |
snowboard |
3 |
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John Epping |
Canada |
curling |
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Jaime Lee Rattray |
Canada |
ice hockey |
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Jill Saulnier |
Canada |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Micah Zandee-Hart |
Canada |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Kristen Campbell |
Canada |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Mélodie Daoust |
Canada |
ice hockey |
3 |
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Arieta Lédlová |
Czech Rep. |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Šárka Pančochova |
Czech Rep. |
snowboard |
4 |
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Sanni Hakala |
Finland |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Matilda Nilsson |
Finland |
ice hockey |
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Andrzej Stękala |
Poland |
ski-jumping |
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Ebba Berglund |
Sweden |
ice hockey |
1 |
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Johanna Fallman |
Sweden |
ice hockey |
2 |
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Jason Brown |
USA |
figure skating |
1 |
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Megan Wessenberg |
USA |
figure skating |
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