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Post by OptimusPrime on Aug 10, 2012 20:17:01 GMT -5
Just read an article that broke down the medal winners by state!
California ruled the nation in Olympians who won a medal while North Dakota and New Mexico were the only two states with no representation in London!
Florida, New Jersey, and Texas had the next highest number of medal winners...
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Post by HOLIDAY on Aug 10, 2012 20:41:11 GMT -5
I would hope to shout. There are 38 million people to North Dakota's less than 700,000. Texas stands to reason. Second most populated state behind California. New Jersey is the only thing impressive about this scenario.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 10, 2012 20:48:05 GMT -5
I would hope to shout. There are 38 million people to North Dakota's less than 700,000. Texas stands to reason. Second most populated state behind California. New Jersey is the only thing impressive about this scenario. In the times I have visited it, I have never really found much of anything from New Jersey to be particularly impressive because everything about it just seems to get overshadowed by someone or something else.
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Post by future on Aug 10, 2012 22:04:11 GMT -5
No surprise in Texas, Florida and California as many athletes retire there to raise families. I would like to see a stat ofhow many of the 2012 athletes come from former olympic or professional athletic parents. I would guess a ever increasing stat.
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Post by baywatcher on Aug 10, 2012 22:19:49 GMT -5
Summer v. Winter Olympics, too.
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Post by vbnerd on Aug 11, 2012 0:54:50 GMT -5
Last time around I believe the winter team was led by Wisconsin and New York.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Aug 11, 2012 2:23:44 GMT -5
You could have provided a link to the article for everyone else. Just sayin'... The one I found is compiled at Fox News. Their information doesn't match yours. There are more than two states unrepresented. msn.foxsports.com/olympics/gallery/US-London-2012-Summer-Olympics-medalists-by-state-080912#tab=photo-title=Medal+up%2521&photo=31258081Also, apparently there is only one Nebraskan in the games: "Nebraska has yet to medal, but Jorgan Larson is keeping the dream alive in volleyball." Let's hope Jorgan brings home a gold medal -- although judging by her name as listed, you'd think home would be Norway or Germany instead of the USA. And I guess they're going solely by birthplace, because Texas doesn't get credit for Hooker. I wonder how many other USA Olympians weren't born inside the United States? Maybe Donald Trump can demand to see all their long-form birth certificates, you know, just to be sure....
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Post by leftcoaster71 on Aug 11, 2012 2:47:30 GMT -5
You could have provided a link to the article for everyone else. Just sayin'... The one I found is compiled at Fox News. Their information doesn't match yours. There are more than two states unrepresented. msn.foxsports.com/olympics/gallery/US-London-2012-Summer-Olympics-medalists-by-state-080912#tab=photo-title=Medal+up%2521&photo=31258081Also, apparently there is only one Nebraskan in the games: "Nebraska has yet to medal, but Jorgan Larson is keeping the dream alive in volleyball." Let's hope Jorgan brings home a gold medal -- although judging by her name as listed, you'd think home would be Norway or Germany instead of the USA. And I guess they're going solely by birthplace, because Texas doesn't get credit for Hooker. I wonder how many other USA Olympians weren't born inside the United States? Maybe Donald Trump can demand to see all their long-form birth certificates, you know, just to be sure.... That list is certainly not complete. No Nicole Davis listed (Born in Ca.), no Christa Harmotto listed (Pa.) and no Tayyiba Haneef Park (Ca.). That was just a quick sheck on the list.
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Post by OptimusPrime on Aug 11, 2012 2:48:46 GMT -5
You could have provided a link to the article for everyone else. Just sayin'... The one I found is compiled at Fox News. Their information doesn't match yours. There are more than two states unrepresented. msn.foxsports.com/olympics/gallery/US-London-2012-Summer-Olympics-medalists-by-state-080912#tab=photo-title=Medal+up%2521&photo=31258081Also, apparently there is only one Nebraskan in the games: "Nebraska has yet to medal, but Jorgan Larson is keeping the dream alive in volleyball." Let's hope Jorgan brings home a gold medal -- although judging by her name as listed, you'd think home would be Norway or Germany instead of the USA. And I guess they're going solely by birthplace, because Texas doesn't get credit for Hooker. I wonder how many other USA Olympians weren't born inside the United States? Maybe Donald Trump can demand to see all their long-form birth certificates, you know, just to be sure.... Local newspaper does not have a link to post! However, I followed your link and it does Fairly match up with What i read in the paper....there may be a few more states without representation but not too many.
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Post by Barky on Aug 11, 2012 3:00:00 GMT -5
Well, I can see that article isn't accurate from just looking at the Hawaii section. They list Hawaii local girl Clarrisa Chun (who won a bronze medal in wrestling) under Colorado when actually she just trains there. They also don't list Temari Miyashiro or Clay Stanley under Hawaii. Gymnast Kyla Ross was also born in Hawaii and has a big family here, including former Wahine Nohea Tano who is her mom's sister.
It seems like the article lists some athletes based on where they are living now regardless of where they were born and raised (like Clarrisa Chun) and lists others based on where they were born and raised (like Lindsey Berg).
I can see how it all gets complicated though.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 11, 2012 3:20:15 GMT -5
And I guess they're going solely by birthplace, because Texas doesn't get credit for Hooker. I wonder how many other USA Olympians weren't born inside the United States? Maybe Donald Trump can demand to see all their long-form birth certificates, you know, just to be sure.... I'm not sure what else you can do. There is "birthplace," which is pretty straightforward. There is "current residence" which fluctuates a lot and has some subjectivity. (If you are driving through Rapid City on I90 going on a trip from Boston to Seattle is your "current residence" at that moment Rapid City? How about if you sleep the night there in a motel?) There is "place I consider to be my home town" which could be anything and is highly subjective. There is "place where I am registered to vote," but what if they aren't registered? Or aren't even old enough to vote? All-in-all, even though it may not be very relevant to their current lives, birthplace is the most definitive choice.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 11, 2012 8:45:52 GMT -5
Has anyone seen a list of most medals by college? I ask because I know the University of Florida has brought in quite a few and I want to know how other schools have done.
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Post by vbnerd on Aug 11, 2012 11:12:19 GMT -5
I saw a graphic that USC has had the most athletes historically, and they've had an athlete medal in every modern Olympics... 100 years or so.
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Post by jgrout on Aug 11, 2012 11:22:27 GMT -5
Most college teams use where a player finished HS even if she and her family have moved away (see Gregory, Jaimi and Luck, Mary Ellen).
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 11, 2012 13:59:33 GMT -5
I saw a graphic that USC has had the most athletes historically, and they've had an athlete medal in every modern Olympics... 100 years or so. Woah, that's a pretty cool stat.
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