MannHattan Review - Horace Mann School

MannHattan Review
Sports
Bill Demong:
In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Bill Demong became
the first American Nordic Combined champion.
Bill was born in March 1980 in Lake Placid, New
York; only a month after the 1980 Winter Olympics.
The same night that he won the gold medal,
he was selected to represent the United States as
the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. On that
very same day, Bill courageously proposed to his
girlfriend.
Chris Drury:
Chris may be the most well known and most
accomplished of these athletes. Even as a
young boy, Chris was a stud as he won the
Little League World Series in 1989. He now
plays in the NHL and is currently the captain
of the New York Rangers. Before these
Olympics, Drury had already won a silver
medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City. He added another silver medal to
his resume in these Olympics as the American
hockey team lost a heartbreaking overtime
game in the finals to Canada.
Julie Chu:
Julie became the first Asian-American to compete for the US
women’s hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. This New
Yorker was a standout hockey player at Harvard. She set the
NCAA record for points and was a three time All-American. After
Julie made the 2002 Olympic roster, her whole family got tattoos
commemorating the event. The US women’s hockey team, like its
male counterpart, lost in the finals of the 2010 Olympics, to the
home team Canada.
Page 26