SPOTLIGHT

Highlighting some of the men and women of Team USA and their groundbreaking achievements

Artist LeRoy Neiman was the official painter of five Olympic Games and enjoyed preserving the image of athletes at their greatest moments

Olympic Moment

Billy Mills: Plenty of Motivation

Billy Mills posted one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history, when he won the 10,000-meter run at Tokyo 1964; a Native American from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Mills continues to use his voice to advance Native American issues.

Veterans Day

The discipline and drive required to serve in the military and succeed in athletics are similar characteristics. Many active-duty and veteran U.S. service members have enjoyed Olympic and Paralympic success through the years.

Meet the Newest Hall of Famers

Get to know the incredible men and women who were inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019.

Erin Popovich: Swimming to her place on the wall

Erin Popovich took up swimming at age 12 and less than one year later was competing in national championships. She won 19 medals over three Paralympic Games

A look back at Lake Placid

40 years later, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Digital Museum looks back at key events and moments from Lake Placid 1980, where the U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team pulled off the Miracle on Ice and speed skater Eric Heiden won an unprecedented five gold medals.

Bonnie St. John was the first black American to medal in the Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games

A native of San Diego, Bonnie St. John enrolled at a boarding school for budding ski racers, earned admission to Harvard and shined at the Innsbruck 1984 Paralympic Winter Games, where she became the first black American -- male or female -- to medal in an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games.

Andre Shelby was the first black U.S. Paralympic archer, winning gold at Rio 2016

The first black American archer to compete in the Paralympic Games, Andre Shelby was seeded 12th in the compound open tournament at Rio de Janeiro 2016 but captured the gold medal.

OlYMPICS & Paralympics in the united states

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Due to the difficulty of getting to St. Louis and European tensions caused by the Russo-Japanese War, only 62 athletes came from outside North America.

Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Winter Games

The Olympic Winter Games came to the United States for the first time. Lake Placid native Jack Shea won two gold medals in speed skating, the first athlete to win multiple gold medals in a single Olympic Winter Games.

Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games

Participation dropped to its lowest level in 28 years because of the Great Depression, but several new concepts made their debut: an Olympic Village (for male athletes), Victory Podium and a shortened period of competition.

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT

Highlighting some of the men and women of Team USA and their groundbreaking achievements

Artist LeRoy Neiman was the official painter of five Olympic Games and enjoyed preserving the image of athletes at their greatest moments

Olympic Moment

Billy Mills: Plenty of Motivation

MORE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Veterans Day

Meet the Newest Hall of Famers

Erin Popovich: Swimming to her place on the wall

MORE IN SPOTLIGHT

A look back at Lake Placid

Bonnie St. John was the first black American to medal in the Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games

Andre Shelby was the first black U.S. Paralympic archer, winning gold at Rio 2016

OlYMPICS & Paralympics in the united states

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Winter Games

Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games