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Winter Olympics: New England Numbers
Olympic gold in New England's hills
by Ian Aldrich
Two tales of Olympic gold medalists:
Mike Eruzione, 1980 U.S. Hockey Team captain
1
Dorothy Hamill's ranking in a 1993 national poll of favorite U.S. athletes, 17 years after the Connecticut-raised skater earned gold in Austria
350
feet: vertical drop of Cochran's Ski Area in Richmond, VT
8
number of Olympic skiers produced by the Cochran family since 1960
0
number of American reporters on hand to cover Vermonter Bill Koch's silver-winning triumph in Nordic skiing at the 1976 Olympics
1:52.12
Silver-medal-winning time for Pembroke, MA, speedskater Eric Flaim in the 1500-meter race in 1988
39,320
dollars: tuition, room, and board at Burke Mountain Academy in E. Burke, VT, New England's premier skiing school
$5 million
estimated annual endorsement income for medal-less Bode Miller at the time of the 2006 Olympics
$750,000
total income earned by Massachusett's Mike Eruzione, Miracle on Ice hockey hero, during the first 10 years after Team USA's 1980 gold-medal run
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