While experience plays a huge factor at competitions such as the Olympics, the United States is counting on its youth to bring home the medals. Below lists the youngest U.S. olympians on skates:
Name/Age/Sport
Sarah Hughes/16/Women's Figure Skating
Lyndsay Wall/16/Women's Ice Hockey
Sasha Cohen/17/Women's Figure Skating
Natalie Darwitz/18/Women's Ice Hockey
Julie Chu/19/Women's Ice Hockey
Elli Ochowicz/19/Women's Speed Skating
Apolo Ohno/19/Men's Short Track
Krissy Wendell/20/Women's Ice Hockey
Timothy Goebel/21/Men's Figure Skating
Caroline Hallisey/21/Women's Short Track
Andrea Kilbourne/21/Women's Ice Hockey
Michelle Kwan/21/Women's Figure Skating
Angela Nikodinov/21/Women's Figure Skating
Daniel Weinstein/21/Men's Short Track
Kip Carpenter/22/Men's Speed Skating
Joey Cheek/22/Men's Speed Skating
Nick Pearson/22/Men's Speed Skating
Angela Ruggiero/22/Women's Ice Hockey
Rusty Smith/22/Men's Short Track
Courtney Kennedy/23/Women's Ice Hockey
Jenny Potter/23/Women's Ice Hockey
Mike York/23/Men's Ice Hockey
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