United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

United States at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
United States at the; 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org
in Lausanne
Competitors	96 in 16 sports
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 6 Total 11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020;

The United States competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.^[1]

Medalists[]

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold		Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Gold	Dusty Henricksen	Snowboarding	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Gold		Short track speed skating	Mixed NOC team relay	22 January
Silver	/	Figure skating	Team trophy	15 January
Silver		Freestyle skiing	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Silver		Freestyle skiing	Boys' big air	22 January
Silver	United States men's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Boys' tournament	22 January
Bronze	Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen	Figure skating	Ice dancing	13 January
Bronze		Speed skating	Boys' 1500 metres	13 January
Bronze		Speed skating	Mixed team sprint	15 January
Bronze	Hanna Faulhaber	Freestyle skiing	Girls' halfpipe	20 January
Bronze		Freestyle skiing	Boys' slopestyle	20 January
Bronze		Cross-country skiing	Girls' 5 kilometres classic	21 January
Bronze		Cross-country skiing	Boys' 10 kilometres classic	21 January

Alpine skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Super-G	N/A	56.32	25
	Combined	56.32	25	36.42	26	1:32.74	19
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	39.82	27	41.82	21	1:21.64	20
	Super-G	N/A	59.01	46
	Combined	59.01	46	36.13	24	1:35.14	29
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	47.43	47	DNF
	Super-G	N/A	55.88	20
	Combined	55.88	20	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:05.12	14	1:06.20	19	2:11.32	17
	Slalom	DNF

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Super-G	N/A	DNF
	Combined	DNF
	Super-G	N/A	57.21	11
	Combined	57.21	11	39.00	14	1:36.21	12
	Giant slalom	1:06.37	12	1:02.79	1	2:09.16	4
	Slalom	46.97	14	DNF
	Super-G	N/A	DNF
	Combined	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:05.95	8	1:04.06	8	2:10.01	8
	Slalom	47.29	18	45.84	13	1:33.13	13

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Team	Argentina (ARG) W 3–1	France (FRA) L 2–2*	Did not advance		6

Biathlon[]

Boys

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	21:45.2	2 (1+1)	34
Individual	42:39.8	8 (2+3+2+1)	76
Sprint	23:49.6	5 (1+4)	75
Individual	41:03.5	6 (3+2+0+1)	59
Sprint	23:15.3	4 (2+2)	64
Individual	41:24.3	6 (0+3+0+3)	64

Girls

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	21:38.0	2 (1+1)	55
Individual	36:30.8	2 (0+0+2+0)	18
Sprint	22:25.8	4 (2+2)	70
Individual	41:38.3	10 (1+4+2+3)	69
Sprint	22:07.4	2 (1+1)	65
Individual	39:59.8	8 (3+2+1+2)	55

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Single mixed relay	48:30.2	4+11	21
	Mixed relay	1:21:20.9	3+15	19

Bobsleigh[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys'	1:13.47	6	1:13.33	10	2:26.80	9
	Girls'	1:16.06	15	1:15.91	15	2:31.97	14

Cross-country skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	10 km classic	N/A						28:12.6	13
	Free sprint	3:33.18	44	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:35.68	28 Q	N/A		4:35.33	9	Did not advance
	10 km classic	N/A						27:29.5
	Free sprint	3:22.98	17 Q	3:26.22	4	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	4:17.33	3 Q	N/A		4:17.07	1 Q	4:15.07	4
	10 km classic	N/A						30:38.0	48
	Free sprint	DNS
	Cross-country cross	4:44.09	47	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	5 km classic	N/A						14:36.3
	Free sprint	2:54.44	22 Q	2:55.80	5	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:09.65	14 Q	N/A		5:08.51	6	Did not advance
	5 km classic	N/A						14:43.3	4
	Free sprint	2:52.98	18 Q	2:55.53	2 Q	2:52.17	6	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:01.58	8 Q	N/A		4:52.62	2 Q	4:49.31	4
	5 km classic	N/A						16:21.1	35
	Free sprint	3:01.25	35	Did not advance
	Cross-country cross	5:10.26	16 Q	N/A		5:06.07	6	Did not advance

Curling[]

United States qualified a mixed team of four athletes.^[2]

Mixed team[]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed team	Italy (ITA) L 3 – 7	Latvia (LAT) W 8 – 0	Japan (JPN) L 2 – 8	Czech Republic (CZE) L 4 – 6	Sweden (SWE) L 3 – 8	5	Did not advance			19

Mixed doubles[]

Summary

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
(SUI) (USA)	Mixed doubles	(LAT) / (NZL) L 4–10	Did not advance
(USA) (CAN)		(GBR) / (TUR) W 8–4	(SLO) / (SUI) L 6–8	Did not advance
(GER) (USA)		(FRA) / (NOR) L 5–7	Did not advance
(USA) Francesco de Zanna (ITA)		(KOR) / (POL) L 7–8	Did not advance

Figure skating[]

8 American figure skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' singles	49.57	14	112.02	9	161.59	10
Audrey Shin	Girls' singles	60.36	7	116.31	7	176.67	7
	Girls' singles	54.75	10	86.42	14	141.17	13

Couples

Athletes	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
/	Pairs	49.87	4	88.10	6	137.97	6
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen	Ice dancing	57.02	5	95.41	3	152.43

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Determination Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (USA) Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN) (FIN) Cha Young-hyun (KOR)	Team trophy	90.41 5	96.73 5	91.27 2	133.13 6	18	4
Team Focus Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS) / (USA) (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)	Team trophy	96.39 7	91.34 3	101.84 4	157.62 8	22
Team Hope Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara (CAN) / (GER) Maïa Mazzara (FRA) (USA)	Team trophy	89.87 4	78.24 1	103.36 5	117.28 5	15	8

Freestyle skiing[]

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
	Boys' ski cross	12	10	Did not advance

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' halfpipe	81.66	73.66	81.66	2 Q	84.00	86.00	30.66	86.00
	Boys' big air	79.00	25.00	79.00	6 Q	88.75	94.25	87.00	183.00
	Boys' slopestyle	11.66	83.00	83.00	3 Q	87.33	90.66	35.33	90.66
	Boys' big air	87.50	72.50	87.50	1 Q	89.50	43.50	85.75	175.25	4
	Boys' halfpipe	DNS
	Boys' slopestyle	80.33	3.66	80.33	4 Q	32.00	88.66	83.66	88.66
	Boys' halfpipe	5.00	54.66	54.66	9 Q	33.00	73.33	53.33	73.33	5
	Girls' halfpipe	78.66	80.33	80.33	3 Q	63.33	77.33	71.33	77.33
	Girls' big air	60.66	63.00	63.00	10 Q	13.50	53.75	52.25	106.00	8
	Girls' halfpipe	69.00	67.33	69.00	5 Q	60.33	51.33	41.66	60.33	6
	Girls' big air	16.33	30.00	30.00	16	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	58.50	53.50	58.50	11 Q	21.75	42.50	40.75	42.50	10
	Girls' big air	77.66	64.66	77.66	4 Q	67.75	9.75	60.75	128.50	5
	Girls' halfpipe	45.33	46.00	46.00	12	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	59.25	57.00	59.25	10 Q	26.75	47.00	52.00	52.00	8

Ice hockey[]

The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.

Boys' tournament[]

The team roster is listed as follows:^[4]

No.	Pos.	2020 Winter Youth Olympics United States U-16 boys' ice hockey team roster	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Hometown	Current Team
1	G		183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	7 February 2004	Calabasas, California	Dexter Southfield (NEPSAC)
30	G		191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	30 April 2004	Farmington, Connecticut	Selects Academy
5	D		168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	2 March 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Selects Academy
2	D		175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	29 November 2004	Washington Township, Michigan	()
3	D		175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	8 January 2004	Estero, Florida	()
4	D		185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	27 February 2004	Mahtomedi, Minnesota	Shattuck-St. Mary's
7	D	– A	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	19 July 2004	Strongsville, Ohio	()
6	D		165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	14 February 2004	North Barrington, Illinois	()
11	F		170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	5 October 2004	Estero, Florida	()
8	F	– A	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	13 February 2004	Rochester, Minnesota	Shattuck-St. Mary's
9	F		180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	19 January 2004	Northville, Michigan	()
10	F		175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	30 March 2004	Hudson, Wisconsin	Shattuck-St. Mary's
17	F		170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	5 April 2004	Grant, Minnesota	()
12	F		180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	30 March 2004	Lincoln, Nebraska	()
14	F		175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	14 January 2004	Mount Clemens, Michigan	()
15	F	– C	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	1 June 2004	Chaska, Minnesota	Chaska High School (MSHSL)
16	F		188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	15 October 2004	Apple Valley, Minnesota	Rosemount High School (MSHSL)

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Scott Paluch
Assistant Coaches: Guy Gosselin, Kevin Reiter

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States boys'	Boys' tournament	Finland W 7–5	Switzerland W 8–2	1 Q	Canada W 2–1	Russia L 0–4

Luge[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Singles	54.897	9	54.833	7	1:49.730	9
	Singles	55.725	18	55.880	16	1:51.605	15
	Doubles	55.624	5	58.233	9	1:53.857	8

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Singles	56.045	14	56.047	16	1:52.092	15
	Doubles	56.145	3	57.095	6	1:53.240	4

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Girls' singles		Boys' singles		Doubles		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Team relay	58.047	7	59.955	6	1:01.177	8	2:59.179	7

Nordic combined[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
	Boys' Normal hill/6 km	DNS
	Boys' Normal hill/6 km	85.5	116.9	3	0:15	15:32.9	5
	Girls' Normal hill/4 km	71.0	86.7	15	2:00	14:18.0	14
	Girls' Normal hill/4 km	69.5	88.8	14	1:53	14:18.4	15

Nordic mixed team

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
	Nordic mixed team	385.5	7	2:13	32:45.4	6

Short track speed skating[]

Three American skaters achieved quota places for the USA delegation based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.^[3]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m	PEN		Did not advance
	1000 m	1:30.428	1 Q	1:31.616	1 Q	1:31.810	2 Q	1:33.896	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m	47.836	1 Q	46.243	3	Did not advance
	1000 m	PEN		Did not advance
	500 m	45.103	2 Q	44.956	2 Q	44.849	4	46.185	7
	1000 m	1:35.837	1 Q	1:33.787	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team B (KOR) (NED) (JPN) (USA)	Mixed team relay	4:11.095	1 QA	4:12.378
Team D (NED) (USA) (CHN) (KAZ)		4:13.578	3 QB	PEN
Team H (CHN) (USA) Lee Jeong-min (KOR) (THA)		4:31.666	4 QB	4:15.234	5

Skeleton[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys	1:14.32	19	1:13.75	18	2:28.07	18
	Boys	1:12.40	16	1:10.91	12	2:23.31	16

Ski jumping[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Normal hill	82.0	102.2	16	75.5	93.8	24	196.0	22
	Normal hill	68.0	73.1	32	67.5	76.4	31	149.5	32

Girls

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Normal hill	68.5	90.5	20	66.0	73.4	21	163.9	21
	Normal hill	68.0	82.2	23	70.5	70.9	22	153.1	23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Mixed Team	280.0	353.9	10	265.5	323.2	11	677.1	11

Ski mountaineering[]

Individual

Event	Time	Rank
Individual	53:51.21	12
Individual	56:58.99	17
Individual	1:18:40.08	20
Individual	1:03:21.24	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys' sprint	3:06.06	14	3:04.40	5	Did not advance
	Boys' sprint	3:12.19	18	3:05.73	5	Did not advance
	Girls' sprint	3:56.44	14	3:48.55	5	Did not advance
	Girls' sprint	3:53.25	12	3:49.58	4	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Mixed relay	39:07	6

Snowboarding[]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
	Boys' snowboard cross	17	4 Q	3 SF	8
	Boys' snowboard cross	16	5	Did not advance
	Girls' snowboard cross	13	7	Did not advance
	Girls' snowboard cross	16	6	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Pre-Heats	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position	Position
Mixed Team 11 (USA) (SVK) (USA) (SVK)	Team snowboard ski cross	2 Q	4	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' big air	DNS
	Boys' halfpipe	69.00	64.00	69.00	8 Q	70.33	53.00	76.00	76.00	5
	Boys' slopestyle	58.33	63.33	63.33	10 Q	34.33	34.00	30.33	34.33	8
	Boys' big air	60.25	70.25	70.25	10 Q	12.75	61.75	66.25	128.00	6
	Boys' slopestyle	DNS	14.33	14.33	18	Did not advance
Dusty Henricksen	Boys' big air	90.50	86.75	90.50	2 Q	94.25	82.50	28.50	176.75	4
Dusty Henricksen	Boys' slopestyle	84.66	21.00	84.66	2 Q	94.00	96.33	27.00	96.33
	Boys' halfpipe	18.33	82.33	82.33	5 Q	15.66	42.33	12.33	42.33	10
	Girls' halfpipe	42.66	37.00	42.66	10	Did not advance
	Girls' halfpipe	82.00	12.33	82.00	4 Q	76.00	76.00	18.66	76.00	4
	Girls' big air	53.66	DNS	53.66	8 Q	DNS
	Girls' slopestyle	41.75	22.75	41.75	8 Q	53.25	DNS	DNS	53.25	7
	Girls' big air	70.00	DNS	70.00	5 Q	62.50	68.50	56.00	131.00	5
	Girls' slopestyle	52.25	61.75	61.75	3 Q	59.75	30.25	15.50	59.75	6

Speed skating[]

Boys

Event	Time	Rank
500 m	37.34	5
1500 m	2:02.84	21
500 m	37.78	8
1500 m	1:55.67

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
	Boys' mass start	DNF			Did not advance
	Boys' mass start	12	6:32.83	3 Q	1	6:30.97	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 5 (NOR) (KOR) (CZE) (NED)	Mixed team sprint	Disqualified
Team 14 (ROU) (RUS) (FIN) (USA)	Mixed team sprint	2:05.96

References[]

^ https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/December/17/US-Olympic-Paralympic-Committee-Announces-96-member-2020-US-Youth-Olympic-Team
^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "2020 Youth Olympic Games Roster". USA Hockey.

External links[]

2020 U.S. Youth Olympic Team

[1] ttps://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/December/17/US-Olympic-Paralympic-Committee-Announces-96-member-2020-US-Youth-Olympic-Team

[2] Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[ISU-2235-3] "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[ywogteam-4] "2020 Youth Olympic Games Roster". USA Hockey.

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v t Nations at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne
Africa	South Africa
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Ecuador Haiti Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States
Asia	China Hong Kong Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Related	Teams of athletes from more than one NOC