U.S. Olympic Medal Winners call 37 states and Washington D.C. their home states.
The Top Home States of the 2012 London Olympic Medal Winners are:
1) California (55 Medal Winners)
2) Texas (14 Medal Winners)
3) Pennsylvania (13 Medal Winners)
4) Georgia (10 Medal Winners)
4t) New Jersey (10 Medal Winners)
5) Illinois (9 Medal Winners)
5t) New York (9 Medal Winners)
Medal winning Olympians also consider Hawaii and Alaska (not pictured on the map) home states. Of note, soccer gold medal winner Sydney Leroux considers British Columbia her hometown. She chose to compete under her father's American nation of birth but she resides in Arizona.
Do you have travel goals? See Achieving Travel Goals for some quick advice and a comprehensive primer to help you achieve travel goals. Check out a simple tool to help track travel goals and travel accomplishments - see our Travel Goal App for the iPad to learn more about tracking your unique travel goals on your own travel goal iPad app. Have you traveled to all 50 states, all 7 continents, or at least 15 countries? Become a member of our All Fifty Club, 7 Continent Club, and/or Traveler's Country Club today or give a membership as a gift! Happy Travels!
you might also like...