United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold

Chad Hedrick

Speed skating

Men's 5000 meters

February 11

Gold

Shaun White

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe

February 12

Gold

Hannah Teter

Snowboarding

Women's halfpipe

February 13

Gold

Joey Cheek

Speed skating

Men's 500 meters

February 13

Gold

Ted Ligety

Alpine skiing

Men's combined

February 14

Gold

Seth Wescott

Snowboarding

Men's snowboard cross

February 16

Gold

Shani Davis

Speed skating

Men's 1000 meters

February 18

Gold

Julia Mancuso

Alpine skiing

Women's giant slalom

February 24

Gold

Apolo Ohno

Short track speed skating

Men's 500 meters

February 25

Silver

Danny Kass

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe

February 12

Silver

Gretchen Bleiler

Snowboarding

Women's halfpipe

February 13

Silver

Lindsey Jacobellis

Snowboarding

Women's snowboard cross

February 17

Silver

Joey Cheek

Speed skating

Men's 1000 meters

February 18

Silver

Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto

Figure skating

Ice dance

February 20

Silver

Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming

Bobsleigh

Two-woman

February 21

Silver

Shani Davis

Speed skating

Men's 1500 meters

February 21

Silver

Sasha Cohen

Figure skating

Ladies' singles

February 23

Silver

Chad Hedrick

Speed skating

Men's 10,000 meters

February 24

Bronze

Toby Dawson

Freestyle skiing

Men's moguls

February 15

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Chad Hedrick ( born April 17 , 1977 ) is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater . He was born in Spring , Texas . Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique , called the double push , or DP . During his career he won 93 national championships and 50 world championships , as well as having a brand of inline skating wheels named after him .
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days , from 11 to 25 February . Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto .
The men 's 5000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , was held on 11 February , the first day of competition at the Olympics . The American Chad Hedrick , a former inline skater , began his quest to emulate Eric Heiden by taking five gold medals by racing a time of 6:14.68 , 0.02 second behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage , which was enough to clinch gold . Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal , 1.72 seconds adrift , while home skater Enrico Fabris claimed Italy 's first medal by skating home the bronze in the very last pair .
Shaun Roger White ( born September 3 , 1986 ) is an American professional snowboarder , skateboarder and musician . He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist . He holds the record for the most X-Games gold medals and most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder , and has won 10 ESPY Awards .
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men 's and women 's halfpipe , parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross events .
The men 's halfpipe event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia , a village in the Province of Turin , Italy . Competition took place on 12 February 2006 .
Hannah Teter ( born January 27 , 1987 ) is an American snowboarder . She is an Olympic champion , having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino , Italy and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver . She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler , British Columbia , and has six World Cup victories in her career . In January 2010 , Teter was named to the US Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . She won the silver medal in women 's halfpipe at the Vancouver Games . Teter came in fourth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . In 2010 , Teter was also one of four American athletes chosen to model for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in a section devoted to Winter Olympians . Teter is also noted for her charitable work , including founding her own organization called Hannah 's Gold . She is also a Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics .
The women 's halfpipe event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia , a village in the Province of Turin , Italy . Competition took place on February 13 , 2006 .
William Joseph Joey Cheek ( born June 22 , 1979 ) is an American former speed skater and inline speed skater . He specialized in the short and middle distances and won Olympic gold in 2006 . Currently Cheek is a media entrepreneur .
The men 's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin , Italy . The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races , with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races .
Theodore Sharp Ligety ( born August 31 , 1984 ) is an American alpine ski racer , a two-time Olympic gold medalist , and an entrepreneur , having cofounded Shred Optics . Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi . He is also a five-time World Cup champion in giant slalom ( 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 and 2014 ) . Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships . He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming , Austria , where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined . Through October , 2015 , he has 25 victories ( 24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined ) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition . His Olympic giant slalom gold medal , 24 GS World Cup wins , 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time .
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events , held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario , Italy . The races were held 12-25 February 2006 .
The men 's combined was held on Tuesday , 14 February , two days after the downhill . The combined competition , as the name suggests , is a combination where the times in the downhill racing and the slalom events are added . One run of downhill and two runs of slalom are used to determine overall ranking in the combined event . All three runs were held in a single day . Norway 's Kjetil André Aamodt was defending Olympic champion from Salt Lake City in 2002 , while Benjamin Raich of Austria was the reigning world champion . Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics , followed by Michael Walchhofer ( Austria ) and Bode Miller ( USA ) in a tie for second . Miller , the leader after the downhill portion , was disqualified in the first slalom run for straddling a gate . This left Raich in the lead going into the final run of slalom , followed by Ivica Kostelić and young American Ted Ligety . Ligety scorched the final run for the gold medal , while Raich skied out . Aamodt did not start the event after a knee injury , and Filip Trejbal had to withdraw after a spectacular crash which delayed the event for a prolonged period . These were the last Olympics to use the traditional combined format ( one downhill run and two slalom runs ) . Starting in 2010 , the Olympics are scheduled to switch to the super-combined format ( one run each of downhill & slalom ) for the combined event .
Seth Wescott ( born June 23 , 1976 ) is an American snowboarder . He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross .
The men 's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia , a village in the Province of Turin , Italy . Competition took place on February 16 , 2006 .
Shani Earl Davis ( /ˈʃɑːni/ ; born August 13 , 1982 ) is an American speed skater . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , Davis became the first African American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Olympic Winter Games , winning the speedskating 1000 meter event . He also won a silver medal in the 1500 meter event . At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , he repeated the feat , becoming the first man to successfully defend the 1000 meters and repeating as the 1500 meter silver medalist . Davis won the silver medal at the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships . He then proceeded to win the World Allround Championships in both 2005 and 2006 . In 2009 , he won the World Sprint Championships in Moscow , the site of his first World Allround Championship victory . When Davis won those events , he became the second male skater to win both the Sprint and Allround in his career , after Eric Heiden . He has won six World Single Distance Championships titles , three at 1500 meters ( in 2004 , 2007 and 2009 ) and three at 1000 meters ( in 2007 , 2008 and 2011 ) , and he led the United States to its first and only World Championship gold medal in the Team Pursuit event in 2011 . He has won ten career Overall World Cup titles , six at 1000 meters ( in 2006 , 2008-10 , 2012 , 2014 ) and four at 1500 meters ( 2008-2011 ) . Davis also earned the title of Grand World Cup Champion for the 2013-14 season , earning the most points across all distances . His 58 career individual victories on the ISU Speed Skating World Cup circuit ( through March 2014 ) place him second all-time among men .
The Men 's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin , Italy .
Julia Marie Mancuso ( born March 9 , 1984 ) is a retired American World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist . She won the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics , and was the silver medalist in both downhill and combined in 2010 , and the bronze medalist in the combined in 2014 . She has also won five medals ( two silver and three bronze ) at the World Championships and seven races in regular World Cup competition . Her four Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier .
The last event of the women 's alpine skiing , the giant slalom , took place on Friday , 24 February . Kostelić was a favourite once again , as she was defending Olympic champion , but Swede Anja Pärson led the World Cup and was defending World Champion of the event . Kostelić was second in the World Cup standing , however , while Austrian Kathrin Zettel was third .
Apolo Anton Ohno ( /əˈpɒloʊ ˈæntɒn ˈoʊnoʊ/ ; born May 22 , 1982 ) is an American retired short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist ( two gold , two silver , four bronze ) in the Winter Olympics . Ohno is the most decorated American Olympian at the Winter Olympics and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2019 . Raised by his father , Ohno began training full-time in 1996 . He has been the face of short track in the United States since winning his medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics . At the age of 14 , he became the youngest U.S. national champion in 1997 and was the reigning champion from 2001-2009 , winning the title a total of 12 times . In December 1999 , he became the youngest skater to win a World Cup event title , and became the first American to win a World Cup overall title in 2001 , which he won again in 2003 and 2005 . He won his first overall World Championship title at the 2008 championships . Ohno 's accolades and accomplishments include being the United States Olympic Committee 's Male Athlete of the Month in October 2003 and March 2008 , the U.S. Speedskating 's Athlete of the Year for 2003 , and was a 2002 , 2003 and 2006 finalist for the Sullivan Award , which recognizes the best amateur athlete in the United States . Since gaining recognition through his sport , Ohno has worked as a motivational speaker , philanthropist , started a nutritional supplement business , and in 2007 , competed on and won the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars . Ohno later became host of a revival of Minute to Win It on Game Show Network and served as a commentator for NBC 's coverage of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang . Ohno has expressed his entrepreneurial appetite for technology and health and wellness industries .
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days , from 12 to 25 February . Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela . In the men 's competition , Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event , winning three golds . On the women 's side , Jin Sun-yu scored three gold medals .
The men 's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February , with the final on 25 February , at the Torino Palavela .
Daniel Danny Kass ( born September 21 , 1982 ) is an American professional snowboarder who has competed at the Olympic level . Kass was born in Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township , New Jersey . He grew up in New Jersey where he began snowboarding at the age of twelve . At thirty-seven he moved to the gritty streets of Davis Shores , St. Augustine , FL and embellished the gangster style lifestyle that is North Florida . His home slopes are what are now known as Hidden Valley and Mountain Creek ski resorts both located in the mountains of Vernon Township and Highland Lakes . After several years of shredding around the Mid-Atlantic States , Kass entered into the Okemo Mountain School to focus more of his time on riding some of the better pipe and park in the East . In 2001 , Danny broke out into what has become one of the most successful contest streaks in snowboarding with four US Open Championships , seven Winter X Games medals and two Olympic silver medals . During the winter of 2006 , Kass fought his way back from a slow start in the US Grand Prix Circuit to qualify for the Olympics in Torino for the second time in a row . And just like in 2002 , Kass took home another silver medal with back-to-back 1080s and his signature smooth style . Kass and his brother Matt Kass were the founders of Grenade Gloves , which specializes in snowboarding gloves , accessories , and other extreme sporting gear . Kass is one of the stars of The Adventures of Danny and The Dingo on Fuel TV .
Gretchen Elisabeth Bleiler ( born April 10 , 1981 in Toledo , Ohio ) is an American former professional halfpipe snowboarder .
Lindsey Jacobellis ( born August 19 , 1985 ) is an American snowboarder . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women 's Snowboard Cross 's Olympics debut . She is also a ten-time snowboard cross champion at the X Games .
The women 's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia , a village in the Province of Turin , Italy . Competition took place on February 17 , 2006 .
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin White ( born July 11 , 1984 ) is a Canadian-American ice dancer and Olympic program host for NBC Sports . Though born in Canada , she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998 . With Agosto , Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist , four-time World medalist , three-time Four Continents champion ( 2004-2006 ) , and five-time U.S. champion ( 2004-2008 ) .
Benjamin Alexandro Ben Agosto ( born January 15 , 1982 ) is an American ice dancer . With partner Tanith Belbin , Agosto is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist , a four-time World medalist , the 2004-2006 Four Continents champion , and 2004-2008 U.S. champion .
Four figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics were held at the Palavela in Turin . Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas ( who were married in 2000 ) became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics .
Ice dance was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics . This competition began with a compulsory dance , the Ravensburg Waltz , on February 17 , in which all couples performed the same dance . The original dance , in which skaters performed to a designated set of rhythms ( Latin combination ) , was held two days later , and the 4-minute free dance concluded the competition on February 20 . 24 couples entered the competition , and all of them continued through to the free dance . Coming into the competition , Russians Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov , the reigning world champions , were the clear favorites . Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto , who won silver medals at the last World Championships , aimed to win the first Olympic medals in ice dance for USA since 1976 . Teams from Ukraine , France , Canada , Israel , Lithuania , Italy , and Bulgaria were also vying for a medal .
Shauna L. Rohbock ( born April 4 , 1977 ) is a soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard , an Olympic medal-winning bobsledder , and former professional soccer player . After retiring from competitions she worked as a bobsled coach at the Utah Olympic Park . Rohbock was raised in Orem , Utah , and is a graduate of Orem 's Mountain View High School and Brigham Young University , where she studied recreation management . In 2000 she joined the Utah Army National Guard and became a member of the National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program . While attending college , she set several BYU Cougars women 's soccer records , scoring 95 goals in 368 shots during her 90-game career there . Her 95 goals places her sixth ( as of 2006 ) on the NCAA career scoring list . At the professional level , she played for the club San Diego Spirit of the WUSA in 2003 . Rohbock competed in the bobsled at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , winning silver in the two-woman event with teammate Valerie Fleming . Rohbock 's best overall finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second in 2006-2007 with Fleming . She won her first career World Cup win at the Calgary race , followed by a second win at the World Cup held at Park City , Utah on December 8 , 2006 . She delivered a 48.73 second run that shattered the Park City track record previously set by Jill Bakken in 2002 . Rohbock and Fleming has also won bronze medals at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 .
Valerie Fleming ( born December 18 , 1976 ) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003 . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate and future wife Shauna Rohbock . Fleming also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships ( Two-woman : 2005 , 2007 ; Mixed team : 2009 ) . Born in San Francisco , Fleming lives in Park City , Utah .
Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics , at the Cesana Pariol venue . The competition took place between February 17 and February 26 , 2006 . The events used the newly built Cesana Pariol track measuring 1435 metres with 19 curves , a vertical change of 114 metres , and an approximate top speed of 130 kilometres per hour . Competitions comprised four heats . Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw . The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat , and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats . Total time for the four heats determined the final rank .
The Two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 20 and 21 February , at Cesana Pariol .
The men 's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin , Italy .
Alexandra Pauline Sasha Cohen ( born October 26 , 1984 ) is an American figure skater . She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist , a three-time World Championship medalist , the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion , and the 2006 U.S. Champion . She is known for her artistry , flexibility and body lines , and musical interpretation . As of 2019 [ update ] , Cohen is the most recent American woman to medal individually in figure skating at the Olympics .
Ladies ' single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics . This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event , with a short program and a free skating . 30 skaters entered the short program , but only the top 24 competitors continued to the free skating . Unlike the men 's event , the free skating is only 4 minutes long . The short program was held on February 21 and the free skating on February 23 . The leading contender heading into the Olympics was 2005 World champion Irina Slutskaya , the first woman to win the European Championship seven times . Prior to the Olympic Games , she had only been beaten once this season , by Japan 's Mao Asada , who was too young to compete at these Olympics . Favorite Michelle Kwan , who had previously won silver at the 1998 Winter Olympics and bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics , was forced to withdraw due to a groin injury . As a 5-time world champion and 9-time U.S. champion , the Olympic gold was the only major title missing from her resume . U.S. national bronze medalist Emily Hughes ( the younger sister of the last Olympic champion Sarah Hughes ) took her place on the American team , joining two-time world silver medalist and U.S. national champion Sasha Cohen and U.S. national silver medalist Kimmie Meissner , the second American woman to land the triple axel in competition . Japan also sent a very strong ladies contingent to Turin with 2004 world champion Shizuka Arakawa , two-time world bronze medalist Fumie Suguri and two-time Japanese national champion Miki Ando . Other potential medal contenders included Russia 's Elena Sokolova , who won world silver in 2003 ; two-time Canadian champion Joannie Rochette ; 2005 world bronze medalist Carolina Kostner ; 2005 European silver medalist Susanna Pöykiö ; five-time Swiss champion Sarah Meier ; 2005 European bronze medalist Elena Liashenko ; and 2004 European champion Júlia Sebestyén .
The Men 's 10,000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , was held on 24 February .
Toby Dawson ( Korean : 김수철 , Kim Soo-cheol , born 김봉석 , Kim Bong-seok May 4 , 1979 in Busan , South Korea ) is an American retired mogul skier . He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics . Toby Dawson is a featured athlete on the sports medicine show Athlete 360 . He is currently a coach for the Korean national freestyle skiing team .
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx . There were both men 's and women 's competition in both aerials and moguls events . In moguls , the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls , attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course . The aerials events consisted of two jumps , which were judged by air , form and landing .
The Men 's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy took place on February 15 at Sauze d'Oulx .
The men 's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 15 February , with the final on 18 February , at the Torino Palavela .