The 242-athlete U.S. Olympic Team heading to PyeongChang is the largest delegation from any nation in the history of the Winter Olympics. Colorado, the ski capital of the nation, is sending more athletes than any other state to the Winter Games, with 22 men and 13 women competing in 17 disciplines. Nineteen of those athletes will be competing in their first Olympics.
Colorado is home to three Olympic halfpipe skiers, three moguls skiers, three Nordic combined skiers, three Super-G skiers, three snowboard cross racers, three hockey players, three slalom skiers, two slopestyle and big air snowboarders, and two halfpipe snowboarders.
Red Gerard, the 17-year-old snowboard slopestyle phenom from Silverthorne, is the youngest U.S. Olympic Team athlete from Colorado and Crested Butte slalom skier David Chodounsky is the veteran at age 33.
The U.S. Olympic Team will be looking for its 100th gold medal in PyeongChang, with the count currently at 96. In the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Coloradans accounted for three of America’s 28 medals, with Mikaela Shiffrin earning gold, Gus Kenworthy earning silver and Boulder’s Alex Deibold grabbing bronze.
Here’s a look at the Colorado athletes (Tap on their names for more details):
Alpine skiing
David Chodousnky, Crested Butte
Biathlon
Bobsled
Cross country
Freestyle skiing
Ice hockey
Nordic combined
Bryan Fletcher, Steamboat Springs
Taylor Fletcher, Steamboat Springs
Jasper Good, Steamboat Springs
Skeleton
Snowboard
Mick Dierdorff, Steamboat Springs
