The 2026 Winter Olympics was a notable and historic event for the United States and officially ended on Feb 22.

The United States won a total of 33 medals with 12 gold, 12 silver, and 9 bronze. This is the most gold medals the U.S. has brought home from the Winter Olympics. The last gold medal record was in 2002 with 10. The U.S. won the second most amount of total medals, followed by Norway, but won medals in a wider variety of sports compared to them. 

The greatest shock was the U.S. men’s hockey team winning a gold medal for the first time since 1980. This was also the first Olympic games where the U.S. men and women’s hockey team both won a gold medal. 

Alysa Liu won a gold medal for the U.S. in women’s singles figure skating. The last time the U.S. won this event was in 2002 by Sarah Hughes. 

Cory Thiesse was the first woman to win a medal in curling for the U.S. with a silver medal in mixed doubles curling. 

Jessie Diggins and Ben Ogden were the first to win a medal for the U.S. in cross-country skiing in their events. 

The U.S. Olympic athletes come from all over the United States. The most athletes came from Colorado with 30 athletes, and 4 athletes were from our home state, Texas. 

Amber Glenn, a figure skater, is from Plano, Texas and won a gold medal for the figure skating mixed team event. 

Emily Chan, another figure skater, is from Pasadena, Texas and competed in pairs figure skating. 

Boone Niederhofer, a bobsledder from San Antonio, Texas, competed in the four-man bobsled event. 

Hannah Bilka is from Coppell, Texas and won a gold medal with the women’s hockey team.