There are 91 returning Olympians. Lindsey Jacobellis (Snowboard Cross), John Shuster (Curling), Katie Uhlaender (Skeleton) and Shaun White (Snowboard Halfpipe) lead the pack, making their fifth Olympic appearance at the 2022 Winter Games. Of the returning athletes, 39 of them have won an Olympic medal before.
Only six Americans have won more than two medals. White is the only athlete on Team USA to have secured three gold medals. PyeongChang favorite Mikela Shiffrin returns in the Alpine Skiing events, having previously won two gold medals and one silver. Hilary Knight looks to captain the U.S. women’s team to back-to-back gold medals for women’s hockey. Jamie Anderson looks to add to her two gold medals and silver medal collection in the Women's Slopestyle event. Meanwhile, Kaillie Humphries is participating in her first Olympics as an American in bobsled. She has two gold medals and a bronze medal she won competing for Canada. Fellow racer, Elana Meyers Taylor will hope to be cleared from COVID-19 quarantine to compete for her first gold medal, having already secured two silvers and a bronze medal in past Games.
Apolo Ohno is the most decorated U.S. winter Olympian. He won eight short track medals between 2002 and 2010. The most decorated American woman at the Winter Olympics is Bonnie Blair, who won six speed skating medals between 1988 and 1994. Blair is tied with fellow speed skater Eric Heiden for the most gold medals by an American at the Winter Olympics with five each.
