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Participating Countries: United Sates of America (USA)
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The most medals by an American athlete at the Winter Olympics is six by speed skater Bonnie Blair.
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Only four athletes have ever won medals at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games, including Eddie Eagan of United States. Eddie was part of America's bobsleigh team in 1932, led by Billy Fiske, which won the gold. Eddie was also a boxing champion in the 1920 Games. Eagan remains the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Games.
1924 Chamonix
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Due to an error in computing the scores, American Anders Haugen was placed in fourth in ski jumping, behind Norway's Thorleif Haug. This error was not discovered until 1974, at which time Haugen was awarded the bronze in a special ceremony.
1948 St Moritz
- American John Heaton won the silver in the Skeleton, as he had done the previous time the vent was held, 20 years earlier.
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
- The USA sweep five of the six medals in individual figure skating, the lone exception being Austria's Ingrid Wendl's who won a bronze.
Squaw Valley 1960
- The U.S. ice hockey team won the gold for the first time, upsetting both the Canadian and Soviet teams.
Grenoble 1968
- Peggy Fleming won America's only gold medal at these Games, in figure skating.
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