United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
National Olympic and Paralympic Committee of the United States
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| 2025 | Ross Stevens, founder of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, donated $100 million to the USOPC, the largest donation in the organization's history, to provide financial support for Olympic and Paralympic athletes. |
| 2024 | Projected participation in Paris Olympics with 48 athletes across 37 swimming events, aiming to continue strong swimming legacy. |
| 2024 | Coco Gauff will represent the United States as a flagbearer in Tennis at the Paris Summer Olympics |
| 2024 | LeBron James will serve as flagbearer for the United States in Basketball at the Paris Summer Olympics |
| 2024 | United States will compete in tennis at the Paris Olympics with 11 athletes, projected to win a silver and a bronze medal. |
| 2024 | United States wins bronze medal in the mixed team archery event at the Paris Olympics |
| 2022 | Nathan Chen breaks the short program world record and wins gold in men's figure skating singles. |
| 2022 | Chloe Kim defends her title in the women's snowboarding halfpipe. |
| 2022 | Erin Jackson becomes the first Black female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating. |
| 2022 | Lindsey Jacobellis wins gold in women's snowboard cross and shares a gold medal with Nick Baumgartner in the mixed snowboard cross event, marking her first medals since the 2006 Winter Olympics. |
| 2022 | Jessie Diggins becomes the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals at the Winter Olympics. |
| February 2022 | The United States conducts a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, not sending high-level delegations while allowing athletes to compete. Team USA wins 25 total medals, placing third in the medal count. |
| 2021 | Lydia Jacoby becomes the first Alaskan swimmer to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, winning gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. |
| 2021 | Sunisa Lee becomes the first Hmong American gymnast and first gymnast of Asian descent to win an Olympic gold medal in the all-around competition, also winning silver in the women's team final and bronze in individual uneven bars. |
| December 31 2021 | Medal table data was updated, documenting the United States' historical Olympic medal performance across various winter sports. |
| August 2021 | Ryan Crouser retained his Olympic title in men's shot put, setting an Olympic record three times. |
| August 2021 | Nelly Korda won gold in the women's golf competition. |
| August 2021 | The United States finished the Olympics with 113 total medals and 39 gold medals, narrowly beating China in the gold medal count on the final day. |
| August 8 2021 | Closing of the Tokyo Olympics, with Kara Winger (javelin thrower) serving as the closing ceremony flag-bearer. |
| July 23 2021 | The United States participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eddy Alvarez (baseball player) and Sue Bird (basketball player) served as opening ceremony flag-bearers. |
| 2020 | United States women's indoor volleyball team wins their first Olympic gold medal in the tournament. |
| 2020 | First Olympic participation in men's 800m freestyle and mixed 4 x 100m medley relay, winning gold medals in both events. |
| 2020 | United States debuted and won gold in the Women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. |
| 2020 | United States introduces surfing as an Olympic sport for the first time at the Tokyo Games, sending 4 surfers (2 men and 2 women). |
| 2020 | Sue Bird represents the United States as a flagbearer in Basketball at the Summer Olympics |
| 2020 | Eddy Alvarez serves as flagbearer for the United States in Baseball at the Summer Olympics |
| 2020 | First appearance of mixed team archery event for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 2020 | United States wins a Silver medal in Men's Combined sport climbing event. |
| 2020 | United States debuts in sport climbing at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, participating with 4 athletes in 2 events. |
| 2020 | Nicole Ahsinger placed 6th in the Women's individual event. |
| August 8 2020 | The Tokyo Summer Olympics conclude, with the United States winning 113 total medals and 39 gold medals, narrowly beating China in the gold medal count on the final day. |
| July 2020 | United States made its debut in Olympic skateboarding at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing in men's park, women's park, men's street, and women's street events. |
| July 23 2020 | The Tokyo Summer Olympics begin, postponed from the original 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eddy Alvarez and Sue Bird serve as the opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States. |
| 2018 | Paralympic athletes received equal prize money payouts as Olympic athletes, with the International Paralympic Committee noting potential increases of up to 400 percent in 'Operation Gold Awards'. |
| 2018 | Men's relay team including Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke, Sean Doherty, and Leif Nordgren placed 6th. |
| 2018 | The United States won 23 medals at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. |
| 2017 | USOPC increased Olympic medal prize money by 25%, raising payouts to $37,000 for gold, $22,500 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze medals. |
| 2016 | Matt Kuchar earned a bronze medal in the golf individual event at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, representing the United States with four men and three women competing. |
| 2016 | United States wins gold medal in mixed doubles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. |
| 2012 | The United States women's football team won their fourth Olympic gold medal. |
| 2012 | Michael Phelps represents the United States as a flagbearer in Swimming at the Summer Olympics |
| 2012 | Savannah Vinsant placed 6th in the Women's individual event. |
| 2010 | The United States won the most medals (37) at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. |
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