Wisconsin has played key role in U.S. medal haul – JSOnline

The many contributions of Wisconsin athletes to the Winter Games is one of the great untold stories of the U.S. Olympic movement. At the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, 30 of Americaâ??s 216 Olympians (13.9%) will have strong ties to Wisconsin. Three members of the menâ??s hockey team played at the University of Wisconsin; a fourth is a Madison native, and seven of the 21 members of the womenâ??s hockey team – one-third the roster – who play or played for the Badgers (three are natives of the state). Their coach is Johnson, a Madison Memorial High School graduate who played for his father, legendary coach Bob Johnson, at UW.