As the world celebrates their country’s contributions to the medal podium at the Winter Games in Sochi, Utah has more to celebrate than most. To start, one Utah college has offered up more Olympians than any other college in the world to this year’s Olympics. Westiminster in Salt Lake City comprises 10% of the 230 athletes competing in Sochi. And, if they were to offer medals based on the number of medals won by one state, this is what the podium would look like:
Gold: Utah = 4 Medals
Silver: Vermont = 3
Bronze: California and Colorado (tie) = 2
Take a look at the breakdown for USA medals at the 2014 Winter Games:
Freestyle skiing, men’s ski halfpipe
• Gold: David Wise – Nevada
Snowboarding, snowboard cross
• Bronze: Alex Deibold – Colorado
Bobsleigh, men’s two-man
• Bronze: Steven Holcomb – Park City, Utah
Figure skating, ice dancing
• Gold: Meryl Davis/Charlie White – Michigan
Alpine Skiing, men’s super G
• Silver: Andrew Weibrecht – New York
• Bronze: Bode Miller (tie) – New Hampshire
Skeleton, men’s
• Bronze, Matthew Antoine – Wisconsin
Skeleton, women
• Silver: Noelle Pikus-Pace – Orem, Utah
Freestyle skiing, men’s slopestyle
• Gold: Joss Christensen – Park City, Utah
• Silver: Gus Kenworthy – Colorado
• Bronze: Nicholas Goepper – Indiana
Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe
• Gold: Kaitlyn Farrington – Idaho
• Bronze: Kelly Clark – Vermont
Luge, women’s singles
• Bronze: Erin Hamlin – New York
Freestyle skiing, women’s slopestyle
• Silver: Devin Logan – Vermont
Alpine skiing, women’s super combined
• Bronze: Julia Mancuso – California
Figure skating, team event
• Bronze: USA
Snowboarding, women’s slopestyle
• Gold: Jamie Anderson – California
Freestyle skiing, women’s moguls
• Bronze: Hannah Kearney – Vermont
Snowboarding, men’s slopestyle
• Gold: Sage Kotsenburg – Park City, Utah
