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Wausau, WI
Ella Wendling was born into a curling family in Wisconsin. Her brother, Wesley, is also a U.S. national team member, and their father, Jim, coached both his children at Wausau West High School.
At age 17, Wendling represented Team USA at the Youth Winter Olympics Gangwon 2024 in mixed doubles with partner Benji Paral. They finished with a bronze medal, losing only one match the entire tournament. Her father, Jim, was the coach for Wendling and Paral during the tournament.
Ella Wendling was recognized by her fellow Team USA athletes and named the flag bearer for the Closing Ceremonies at the Youth Winter Olympics Gangwon 2024.
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When Korey Dropkin watched the U.S. men’s curling team make history at the Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006 — becoming the first American squad to win an Olympic medal (bronze) — he was just 10 years old, a kid in the basement of his parents’ Massachus...
John Shuster can count on one hand how many Olympic Games he’s been to. But that will have to change if he qualifies for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The five-time Olympian would tie the record for most Winter Olympics attended by a U....
February 6, 2025, marked the official one-year-out date from the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, and Team USA will know its first two athletes that will have the "hammer” advantage on qualifying for those games in a few short days. As of late...
Top notch performances by Team USA athletes at Olympic venues throughout the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 provided further proof that the legacy of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 is alive and thriving. The U.S. Youth Olympic men's...
It’s not every day that teenage curlers Ella Wendling and Benji Paral get to compete on the same sheets that the U.S. men’s curling team, nicknamed “The Rejects,” made famous during the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.That’s why they’re not takin...
