United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
The United States competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Alpine skiing. The United States sent a maximum of two athletes to compete in the alpine skiing event, one male and one female athlete. Biathlon. The United States qualified two male and two female biathletes. Bobsleigh. The United States sent a pair of athletes to compete in the two-man bobsled event. Cross country skiing. The United States qualified one male and one female cross-country skier. Curling. The United States qualified a mixed team of two junior men  and two junior women. The team representing the United States was decided at the Youth Olympic Games playdown in Grafton, North Dakota. Skip: Korey Dropkin Mixed team. Third: Sarah Anderson Second: Thomas Howell Lead: Taylor Anderson Playoffs. Final place: 5 Second: Mixed doubles. Lead: Second: Lead: Second: Lead: Second: Lead: Figure skating. The United States qualified a total of three singles skaters and three skating pairs. However, there were only one athlete in girls' singles, one pair team in pair skating, and two pairs teams in ice dancing. Originally, the United States had received a quota spot in the boys ' singles competition and an additional quota spot in the girls' singles competition, but U.S. Figure Skating announced that those spots will not be filled. Freestyle skiing. The United States has qualified two male and two female skiers, one each in the half-pipe and ski cross categories for each gender. Ice hockey. The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes. Team. The team roster is listed as follows: Head Coach: Ben Smith Athletic Trainer: Stan Wong Results. Playoffs. Bronze medal game. Final rank: 4 Luge. The United States qualified three male and two female lugers . Nordic combined. The United States qualified one athlete in Nordic combined. Short track speed skating. The United States qualified one male and one female short track speed skater. Warren was relegated to the B final after the semifinal, and placed first in the B final. She finished fourth overall. Warren qualified for the C final after the semifinal, and placed fourth in the C final. She finished eleventh overall. Skeleton. The United States qualified one male and two female athletes in the skeleton event. Ski jumping. The United States qualified one male and one female athlete in the ski jumping  event. Snowboarding. The United States qualified one male and one female snowboarder each in the men's and women's half-pipe and slopestyle competitions. Speed skating. The United States qualified one female speed skater.