The totals include two Michigan students who have won 1 gold and 2 silver medals in Paralympic competition.ĭvorak, Schule, Rose, Hahn, Craig, Hubbard, Tolan If they have always actually been awarded medals.) (Medal totals include swimmers who swam only the qualifying races in an event. Michigan has had medal winners in every Summer Olympics except 1896 and gold medalists in all but four Summer A total of 74 individual athletes have qualified for multiple Olympic games: one athlete has participated in six Olympics, two in five, four athletes have qualified in four Olympiads, 18 have made threeĪppearances, and 53 have been two-time Olympians. In the Olympics, representing the US and 36 other countries. Including the 2022 games, 284 U of M students (231 varsity athletes) and coaches have participated Games in Beijng, the University of Michigan has made its mark in OlympicĬompetition. They previously stunned the hockey world by upsetting the United States, ending the Americans' dreams of standing tall in the international competition.From the second modern Olympic Games held in Paris in 1900 to the 2022 Slovakia earned its first hockey medal in Winter Olympics play by blanking Sweden 4-0. The Finnish were not the only team to add to the history books this year. They earned their victory, defeating every opponent put in front of them before besting a ROC team that had been the favorite to win gold. The gold medal-winning group outscored opponents 22-8. We have come close a couple of times and it is finally nice to get the first one," Finland captain Valtteri Filppula said after the historic victory, per Ryan Quigley of.
" It is hard to put in words what this means. The Finnish squad wrapped up an undefeated run in Beijing by coming back, down 1-0, to etch its name in the history books. New Zealand won its first two gold medals in Winter Olympic history while Great Britain took home two medals (one gold, one silver) after being shut out early in the games.įinland secured its first Olympic gold in men's hockey Sunday with a 2-1 victory over the ROC. A ruling against the country or Valieva’s involvement would impact its gold medal count. The Russian Olympic Committee finished second with 32 overall medals, though there is still controversy looming in the form of Kamila Valieva and her performance in the Figure Skating Team Event. "I’m born in a small place where there’s a lot of wind and a lot of cold temperatures in the region, so this was nothing for me," she said, according to Martha Bellisle of the Associated Press. I was so, so happy 14 days ago when I got my first one, and I cannot believe I should have more," Johaug said after collecting her third gold medal of the games, per Andrew Das of The New York Times.Įven fierce winds and cold temperatures could not thwart her chase for the top prize in her sport. Unable to compete in the 2018 games in PyeongChang due to a positive drug test, she exploded back onto the international scene in 2022 with dominant performances in the 30-kilometer freestyle race, the women's skiathlon and the 10-kilometer.
Most interestingly is that the country's medal-winning started and ended with the same athlete: cross-country skier Therese Johaug. Some 14 of those 37 came in the biathlon, an event the Norwegians typically have a stronghold on, with others coming in sports like ski jumping, speedskating and cross-country. The country dominated the competition in this year's games en route to 16 golds and a total of 37, tops in each of those categories. No team has ever won as many gold medals in a single Olympic games as Norway did in Beijing.
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