OLYMPICS A-ZBy Jessa and Taylor

A is for Alexandre Bilodeau.

Alex won the first gold medal for Canada on home soil. His height is 173 cm (5’8”), weight 76 kg (168 lbs), birthday September 8, 1987.

B is for Bobsleigh

Jamaica made their first bobsled team in the early 1980’s. In their first season they crashed.

C is for Canada

Canada is holding the winter Olympic games this year. At Torino in 2006 Canada came inn third with 24 medals.

D is for David Bissett

David plays for Canada the sport he plays is bobsledding. His height is 179 cm (5’10”), weight 102 kg (225 lbs), birthday September 26, 1979.

E is for Ethiopia

Ethiopia has only one athlete. His name is Robel Zemichael Teklemariam and the sport he does is cross-country skiing.

F is for Finland

Finland has 3 figure skaters. One of them is Kiira Korpi. She is 21 years old.

H is for Hungary

Hungary has 7 athletes in short track speed skating. One of their names is Szandra Lajtos she’s 23 years old.

I is for Inukshuk

The Inukshuk is one of the logos for the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics. The colours on it are green, dark blue, light blue, red, yellow.

J is for Jamaica

Jamaica has only one athlete that does free style skiing. The only person who plays for Jamaica is Errol Kerr.

K is for Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has 38 athletes in the Olympics. We picked a girl named Yuliya Rodionova and