Sophie Caldwell of Peru, Vt., left, hangs on the Olympic rings in Sochi, Russia. Sixteen athletes who grew up or trained in Vermont competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics, and took home five medals.
Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP
Sophie Caldwell of Peru, Vt., left, hangs on the Olympic rings in Sochi, Russia. Sixteen athletes who grew up or trained in Vermont competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics, and took home five medals.
Credit: Matthias Schrader/AP
Bronze in Women's Halfpipe
4th in Women's Halfpipe
Bronze in Women's Moguls
7th in Women's Snowboard Cross
Silver in Women's Ski Slopestyle
6th in Women's Slopestyle Semifinals
13th in Men's Slalom
11th in Men's Relay 4x10k
12th in Women's Skiathlon 7.5k
9th in Women's 4x5k Relay
19th in Women's Free Sprint
34th in Women's 10k Classic
65th in Women's 7.5k Sprint
23rd in Women's 15k Individual
9th in Mixed Team Relay
7th in 4x6 Relay
14th in 7.5k Sprint
18th in 10k Pursuit
34th in 15k Individual
12th in 12.5k Mass Start
9th in Mixed Team Relay
7th in 4x6 Relay
6th in Women's Free Sprint
32nd in Women's 10k Classic
8th in Team Sprint Classic
Gold in slalom
5th in Women's Giant Slalom
DNS, Women's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
Bronze in Men's Snowboard Cross
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West Dover
30
Gold '02, Competed '06, Bronze '10
Five-time gold medalist in the Winter X Games. Has more top-three finishes (67 wins and 109 podiums) than any snowboarder, male or female, in history.
Established the Kelly Clark Foundation in 2010 to provide kids with the financial support and resources to develop personal growth and success through snowboarding.
Bronze in Women's Halfpipe
Photo Credit: USSA
Belmont
26
Gold '06, Silver '10
Six-time World Cup winner. Won bronze in the 2005 FIS World Championships and was a gold medalist in the 2003 Winter X Games.
Teter is the youngest of five siblings who learned the sport at Okemo; two of her brothers also competed for the U.S. Snowboard team.
4th in Women's Halfpipe
Photo Credit: USSA
Norwich
27
Competed '06, Gold '10
Two-time World Cup champion and two-time overall World Cup winner.
A member of Dartmouth College’s Class of 2015, Kearney will try to become the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic gold in moguls.
Bronze in Women's Moguls
Photo Credit: USSA
Stratton
28
Silver '06, Competed '10
Three-time world champion who has won seven golds at the Winter X Games.
Jacobellis earned a third Olympic berth after missing most of the last two seasons with knee injuries.
7th in Women's Snowboard Cross
Photo Credit: USSA
West Dover
20
First Olympics
Winter X games silver medalist in slopestyle and halfpipe in 2012. Suffered a torn knee ligament in the 2012-13 season.
Logan is enrolled at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and just missed earning an Olympic spot in freeskiing halfpipe.
Silver in Women's Ski Slopestyle
Photo Credit: USSA
Stowe
16
First Olympics
Ranked 16th overall in 2012 and 10th overall in 2013 in the World Snowboard tour rankings.
Growing up in Long Island, N.Y., the Walker family would spend most winter weekends in Stowe. Ty was identified as a rising star before she was 10 years old.
6th in Women's Slopestyle Semifinals
Photo Credit: USSA
Warren
24
Competed '10
Had a second-place World Cup slalom finish in 2011 and five top-10 WC races. Hip surgery cost him most of the 2013 season.
A graduate of Burke Mountain Academy, Kasper attends Dartmouth in the off-season.
13th in Mens' Slalom
Photo Credit: USSA
Shaftsbury
30
Competed '06, Competed '10
Has competed in World Championships six times and had six top-10 finishes in 2013. Had the first U.S. cross country World Cup podium race in two decades in 2006.
A graduate of Stratton Mountain Academy, Newell's main love off-snow is his1970 Triumph motorcycle.
11th in Mens' Relay 4x10k
Photo Credit: USSA
East Montpelier
27
Competed '10
Ended 15th in the 2013 World Cup distance standings and was 4th in the 4x5km relay and 5th in the 10km freestyle at that year’s World Championships.
After switching from alpine to Nordic mid-way through her high school years at Burke Mountain Academy, Stephen won her first U.S. championship at age 19.
12th in Women's Skiathlon 7.5k; 9th in Women's 4x5k Relay
Photo Credit: USSA
Orleans
26
First Olympics
Five top-5 World Cup finishes in 2013. Placed 25th in the 30km classical race at the 2013 World Championships.
Sargent was an All-American at Dartmouth, where her teammates were 2014 Olympic biathletes Susan Dunklee and Hannah Dreissigacker.
19th in Women's Free Sprint; 34th in Women's 10k Classic
Photo Credit: USSA
Peru
23
First Olympics
Placed 20th in the individual sprint at the 2013 World Championships. A five-time All-American at Dartmouth.
Caldwell’s uncle and grandfather were both Olympic skiers.
6th in Women's Free Sprint; 32nd in Women's 10k Classic; 8th in Team Sprint Classic
Photo Credit: USSA
Barton
27
First Olympics
Placed 5th in the 2012 World Championship individual race. Missed a sprint medal at a 2014 World Cup event by sixth-tenths of a second.
An alumna of St. Johnsbury Academy, Dunklee helped Dartmouth win its first NCAA ski championship in 31 years in 2010.
14th in 7.5k Sprint; 18th in 10k Pursuit; 34th in 15k Individual; 12th in 12.5k Mass Start; 9th in Mixed Team Relay; 7th in 4x6 Relay
Photo Credit: NBC Olympics/USOC
Morrisville
27
First Olympics
Placed 56th in individual and 71st in sprint at the 2013 World Championships.
A People’s Academy graduate, Dreissigacker was a Dartmouth teammate of Susan Dunklee and Sophie Caldwell. Her parents were both Olympic rowers and own the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.
65th in Womens' 7.5k Sprint; 23rd in Womens' 15k Individual; 9th in Mixed Team Relay; 7th in 4x6 relay
Photo Credit: US Biathlon
Manchester Center
27
First Olympics
Has six top-10 World Cup finishes and finished second in the World Cup event held on the Sochi Olympic course last February.
A Stratton Mountain School graduate, Deibold began in halfpipe before concentrating on snowboard cross. He began snowboarding at age 4.
Bronze in Men's Snowboard Cross
Photo Credit: USSA
Londonderry
21
First Olympics
Won six of eight Nor-Am events in 2012 before moving up to the national team and earning a World Cup victory in Italy.
Hernandez is coming back from a broken arm suffered in a 2013 spill. Her favorite off-snow activity is riding her Harley Davidson motorcycle.
DNS, Women's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
Photo Credit: USSA
Burke Mountain Academy
18
First Olympics
Became youngest women’s slalom world champion in 2013 and has already won seven World Cup events and finished in the top three 14 times in two years.
Shiffrin emphasized training over racing earlier in her career, which was molded at BMA. She models her racing style after four-time Olympic gold medalist Janica Kostelic of Croatia.
Gold in Women's Slalom; 5th in Women's Giant Slalom
Photo Credit: USSA
April 28, 2014
I was pleased that Governor Peter Shumlin honored Vermont’s 2014 Winter Olympians. This celebratory event reminded me how inspiring I always find the Olympics to be, including this year’s Winter Games.
February 26, 2014
Those of us who were once involved in winter sports – skiing, skating, bobsledding – might easily dismiss the spectacle of the Olympics. The starting line of a cross-country race, for example, represents sometimes lonely years of weight lifting, hill running, wind sprints, waxing, and thousands of miles of looking at the words Fischer, Rossignol, or Karhu shooting ahead of you in the snow.
February 21, 2014
The beauty of the Olympics is that it calls so many sports to our attention, and so many of them ones that casual viewers like myself have never tried before. It gives our imaginations room to consider how we might have excelled in one of these contests if only we’d given it a chance. After all, I’m clear that I’ll never amount to anything in baseball, basketball or soccer - I’ve tried those. But I have not yet failed at bobsledding, ice dancing, or luge. Not even once.
February 21, 2014
If you saw any of the Olympics, you’ll probably remember a snazzy commercial with striking visuals and voiceover by Robin Williams. It’s an audio excerpt from the movie “Dead Poets Society,” the story of a passionate, charismatic English teacher at a boys’ private school. When the film came out, I was at a private school teaching English, including the great American poet Walt Whitman.
February 18, 2014
The Winter Olympics in Russia generated a lot of political debate in the months leading up to the Games. Among the criticism of Russia is a law that targets and suppresses expressions of gay pride.
February 18, 2014
We’re in the last week of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb and Andy Gardiner talked about some of the most recent results.
February 14, 2014
The thrill of watching ski jumpers soar impossible distances in the air isn’t limited to television and the Olympic games in Sochi. This weekend in Brattleboro, world-class ski jumpers from at least five countries will compete in the annual Harris Hill Ski Jump.
February 11, 2014
On the eve of Sochi, Clark won her fourth Winter X Games halfpipe gold medal in a row (“The best preparation for a big event is competing in a big event,” she says) and is primed for the big stage.
February 10, 2014
Twenty-year old freeskier Devin Logan of West Dover will be making history this week as part of the first Olympic team in her high-flying sport. She’ll compete on Feb. 11 in women’s ski slopestyle, which, along with half-pipe skiing, is making its Olympic debut in the 2014 Games.
February 10, 2014
Just across Lake Champlain from Vermont are the Adirondacks, which are home to many of the country’s best bobsledders. The athletes train alongside luge and skeleton athletes at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Complex in Lake Placid. The sliding track there is a regular stop for the bobsledding World Cup races. It's also where visitors like VPR’s Sage Van Wing have a chance to slide down the track in a bobsled.