Maria Höfl-Riesch won the women’s combined for her 3^rd Olympic Alpine skiing gold medal. She won the slalom and combined at Vancouver in 2010. Where does she stand now on the all-time lists?

She trails only Norway’s Kjetil André Aamodt and Slovenia’s Janica Kostelić, who both won 4 golds in Alpine.

Höfl-Riesch moves to =3^rd all-time, with 3 golds, along with 6 others. She is =4^th all-time among women, with 3 others. Here is the all-time list:

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Golds,Name,Gdr,NOC

4,Kjetil André Aamodt,M,NOR

4,Janica Kostelić,F,CRO

3,Alberto Tomba,M,ITA

3,Vreni Schneider,F,SUI

3,Katja Seizinger,F,GER

3,Deborah Compagnoni,F,ITA

3,Jean-Claude Killy,M,FRA

3,Toni Sailer,M,AUT

3,Maria Höfl-Riesch,F,GER

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Höfl-Riesch also won this event in 2010, giving her consecutive wins. She becomes the 19^th woman to win the same event at the WOG consecutively, or more. Anastasia Kuzmina (SVK) did it yesterday in the biathlon women’s 7.5 km. Here is the full list:

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###,Athlete (NOC-Sport/Event; Years)

3,Sonja Henie (NOR-FSK/Singles; 1928-36)

3,Bonnie Blair (USA-SSK/500 m; 1988-94)

3,Claudia Pechstein (GER-SSK/5000 m; 1994-2002)

2,Lidiya Skoblikova (URS-SSK/1500 m; 1960-64)

2,Lidiya Skoblikova (URS-SSK/3000 m; 1960-64)

2,Steffi Walter-Martin (GDR-LUG/Singles; 1984-88)

2,Katarina Witt (GDR-FSK/Singles; 1984-88)

2,Bonnie Blair (USA-SSK/1000 m; 1992-94)

2,Cathy Turner (USA-STK SSK/500 m; 1992-94)

2,Lyubov Yegorova (RUS-CCS/Pursuit/Skiathlon; 1992-94)

2,Jeon I-Gyeong (KOR-STK SSK/1000 m; 1994-98)

2,Deborah Compagnoni (ITA-ASK/Giant Slalom; 1994-98)

2,Katja Seizinger (GER-ASK/Downhill; 1994-98)

2,Catriona Le May Doan (CAN-SSK/500 m; 1998-2002)

2,Sylke Otto (GER-LUG/Singles; 2002-2006)

2,Janica Kostelić (CRO-ASK/Combined; 2002-06)

2,Wang Meng (CHN-STK SSK/500 m; 2006-10)

2,Anastasia Kuzmina (SVK-BIA/7.5 km sprint; 2010-14)

2,Maria Höfl-Riesch (GER-ASK/Combined; 2010-14)

 

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Has any nation ever won a medal on every day at the Winter Olympics – at least on the days medals were awarded? You oughta know us by now – of course they have.

Its been done 7 times, including Germany in 2010 at Vancouver. Here is the full list:

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NOC,Year,Days Medaled,Medal Days,Missing

GER,2010,16,16,0

URS,1964,12,12,0

GDR,1980,11,11,0

URS,1980,11,11,0

URS,1984,11,11,0

URS,1960,10,10,0

URS,1972,10,10,0

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For USA fans, here is how close they have come over the years:

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NOC,Year,Days Medaled,Medal Days,Missing

USA,2010,15,16,1

USA,1932,8,9,1

USA,2002,14,16,2

USA,1980,9,11,2

USA,2006,13,16,3

USA,1976,8,11,3

USA,1972,7,10,3

USA,1960,6,10,4

USA,1924,4,8,4

USA,1928,3,7,4

USA,1994,10,15,5

USA,1952,7,12,5

USA,1948,4,9,5

USA,1964,6,12,6

USA,1968,5,11,6

USA,1984,5,11,6

USA,1936,3,9,6

USA,1998,8,15,7

USA,1956,3,10,7

USA,1992,7,15,8

USA,1988,5,15,10

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Mancuso – 5^th USA female to win 4 WOG medals (Cathy Turner, Dianne Holum, Angelo Ruggiero, Jenny Schmidgall-Potter) – trails only Bonnie Blair with 6

Most ever by USA woman in Alpine skiing – next best is 2

Trails only Bode Miller’s 5 among USA men/women in Alpine skiing

Moves her to =5^th all-time Alpine skiing for women

Moves her to =9^th all-time Alpine skiing for men/women

Mancuso 4^th female to win full set of medals (G/S/B) in Alpine skiing

12^th men/women to win full set of medals (G/S/B) in Alpine skiing

9^th USA women to win full set of medals (G/S/B) in WOG

13^th USA men/women to win full set of medals (G/S/B) in WOG

• Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s Sprint – Event Factsheets

• Speed Skating – Women’s 500 metres – Event Factsheets

• Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe – Event Factsheets

• Luge – Women’s Singles – Event Factsheets

• Cross-Country Skiing – Women’s Sprint – Event Factsheets

• Biathlon – Women’s Pursuit – Event Factsheets

These are the event factsheets for events ending 11 February, Tuesday, giving them out in advance so people will have access to them as needed.

• USA Biathlon Women’s Pursuit Event Factsheets
• USA Cross-Country Skiing Men’s Sprint Event Factsheets
• USA Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Sprint Event Factsheets
• USA Speed Skating Women’s 500 metres Event Factsheets
• USA Luge Women’s Singles Event Factsheets
• USA Snowboard Men’s Halfpipe Event Factsheets

In addition, women’s freestyle skiing slopestyle and women’s ski jumping normal hill will end on Tuesday, 11 February. Those are new events not held previously at the Olympics so no background on their history or stats.