Published on: 02/22/2026
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After 17 days of sliding, gliding and flying across snow and ice, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will conclude with a closing ceremony on Sunday beginning at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
The United States, with more than 230 athletes competing, has not disappointed. The team has won a total of 33 medals — second only to Norway’s 41 — including 12 golds, 12 silvers and nine bronzes.
Among the 10 Pacific Northwest athletes competing in Italy, two earned medals: Jacqueline Wiles of Portland and Corinne Stoddard of Federal Way, Washington, both took home bronze.
The international sports event was not without distraction. President Donald Trump called freeskier Hunter Hess, who grew up in Bend, Oregon, a “real Loser” after the athlete said at a press conference that “just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Hess did not win a medal, but as a first-time Olympian he finished 10th out of 25 competitors in the men’s freeski halfpipe event.

Here is a rundown of all the Northwest athletes’ results, organized by the events in which they competed.
Freestyle skiing
Name: Hunter Hess
Origin: Bend, Oregon
Results:
- Rank 10, men’s freeski halfpipe
Alpine skiing
Name: Jacqueline Wiles
Origin: Portland, Oregon
Results:
- Rank 3, women’s team team combined
- Rank 4, women’s downhill
- Rank 13, women’s Super-G

Cross-country skiing
Name: Novie McCabe
Origin: Winthrop, Washington
Results:
- Rank 5, women’s 4x7.5-kilometer relay
- Rank 26, women’s 10-kilometer + 10-kilometer relay
- Rank 31, women’s 10-kilometer interval start free

Snowboarding
Name: Sean FitzSimons
Origin: Hood River, Oregon
Results:
- Rank 25, men’s snowboard big air
- Rank 26, men’s snowboard slopestyle

Name: Alessandro Barbieri
Origin: Portland, Oregon
Results:
- Rank 10, men’s snowboard halfpipe

Speed skating
Name: Corinne Stoddard
Origin: Federal Way, Washington
Results:
- Rank 3, women’s 1,500-meter short track
- Rank 8, women’s 3,000-meter short track relay
- Rank 8, women’s short track mixed team relay
- Rank 24, women’s 1,000-meter short track
- Rank 31, women’s 500-meter short track

Name: Eunice Lee
Origin: Bellevue, Washington
Results:
- Rank 8, women’s 3,000-meter short track relay
Name: Cooper McLeod
Origin: Mount Vernon, Washington
Results:
- Rank 19, men’s 1,000-meter speed skating
- Rank 22, men’s 500-meter speed skating

Curling
Name: Ben Richardson
Origin: Issaquah, Washington
Results:
- Rank 5, men’s curling
Name: Luc Violette
Origin: Granite Falls, Washington
Results:
- Rank 5, men’s curling
News Source : https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/22/northwest-athletes-medal-winter-olympics/
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