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Well, ice skating and hockey are indoor sports and available everywhere. In fact, I learned to ice skate at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Florida in the sixties. There is nothing regional about those sports.
Many of the skiers who are not from parts of the country with big ski areas went to high school there or were on the college teams. They were inspired by vacations to ski areas.
Lots of kids caught a sport fever and were sent off to school where they could get an education and sports training at the same time. Skiing Is like that.
These States have no ski areas:
Georgia: last one closed 10 years ago
Texas: Ski Apache is overrun with Texans
CA, not surprised because it is the most populous state overall.
CO, NY, and UT, no surprise there either because all three have major Olympic sites.
MA, MI, VT, WI are interesting to see at the higher end, but they also get a fair share of winter to create these athletes.
WI has an Olympic training center just outside Milwaukee, a lot of speed skaters go though there.
MA makes sense: high income state close to other states with mountains, going to the Olympics isn't cheap, parents usually need to have some extra money or else mortgage the home.
I read an article about this one town in VT that sends people to the Olympics every year, which is pretty incredible.
Its interesting, however, that the article states that while there are winter Olympians living in the city, they're foreign nationals who will represent their home countries, not the U.S. Winter sports athletes from here go to where there's more snow and mountains (Lake Placid), consistent training (Colorado Springs), or a university that has an intensive program in their sport.
My internet is being funky, can anyone tell me if the article is listing where these athletes were born, live now or somewhere in between?
I'm just gathering info on how to advise my daughters on where to list as "home" when they play for the USA Women's hockey team starting in 2030 . Born in Montana, started playing in Michigan, and now live in Wisconsin.
Considering WI's share of athletes, maybe I should quit my hockey league and pick up curling .
Is that where they were born, where they were raised or where they call home?
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