{"id":151164,"date":"2026-02-04T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151164\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:02:08","slug":"meet-the-team-usa-athletes-with-texas-ties-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/151164\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team USA athletes with Texas ties \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team USA<\/a> is gearing up for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics<\/a>. Among the Olympians representing the U.S., seven have lived in the Lone Star State at one point or another.<\/p>\n

From Plano to Houston, local athletes have sledded and skated their way to the world stage. Notable names include figure skaters Emily Chan and Amber Glenn<\/a>, as well as bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See the full list of Texas-adjacent athletes below.<\/p>\n

Team USA athletes with ties to Texas<\/p>\n

Athletes in the grid below have lived in Texas at one point or another. Click on an athlete to learn more about them.<\/p>\n

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Plano native Amber Glenn was featured in NBC’s “My New Favorite Olympian” series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFigure skater Amber Glenn once hid parts of herself to fit into a sport that prized perfection. Now, as an openly bisexual and pansexual athlete, she\u2019s using her platform to push for visibility, inclusion, and mental health awareness on and off the ice.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Nationwide, Utah leads the pack with 61 athlete ties. Although Texas has far fewer Winter Olympians, among its neighboring states, it is the only one to have ties to Team USA.<\/p>\n

Search for athlete ties to towns and universities across the country using the interactive map below.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tU.S. figure skater Amber Glenn remembers the first time she skated after coming out.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA is gearing up for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Among the Olympians representing the U.S., seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48241,4494,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-151164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-2026-milan-cortina-olympics","9":"tag-athletes","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-texas-headlines","12":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}