Albertan Olympic Medalists? How Many?

Keep reading and find out just who these amazing Albertans are.

{ABOVE is just a portion of Jay Bortnik's Alberta Trivia for October 2018
- Click on link to read the PDF.}

Why even ask?

What's the point?

Well, the point is ... that talk radio (in particular) seems to be rife with talk (belly aching) about whether Calgarians (and really Albertans) should host (and pay for) another Winter Olympics in 2026 in Calgary. Based on this, wouldn’t it be nice to know if any Albertans won anything at the recent 2018 Winter Olympics? Remember, that Canada had a medal tally of 5 - at the 1988 Winter Olympics. And 2 of those medals came from one Albertan - Karen Percy.

But first we must define "Albertan."

An Albertan (in my world) is anybody that has resided "for a time" in Alberta. If you don't believe me, think about Wayne Gretzky - born elsewhere, major road named after him in Edmonton, and now resides elsewhere). Based on that, I came to a tally of 12 Olympic medals that "Albertans" had "a hand in winning" at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

For your reading convenience,

here is a web-linked list of Albertan medalists:

Single Golds

Ted-Jan Bloemen - Speed Skating 10,000 m

Brady Leman - Men’s Freestyle Skiing – Ski Cross

Cassie Sharp - Women’s Freestyle Skiing – Half Pipe

Team Golds

John Morris - Curling – Mixed Doubles

Kaetlyn Osmond - Figure Skating – Team Event

Single Silvers

Ted-JanBloemen - Speed Skating 5000 m

Team Silvers