The Olympic Lists (9 of 10): Athletes from NATO member countries

Who is the man inside the skeleton helmet designed to look like a brain? He is one of the ten athletes we will list who are from NATO member nations. The union of nations which started from the Cold War now includes several countries from the now defunct  eastern bloc. Turkey is the lone Muslim NATO member. Alper Ucar, a men's ice skater who competed in ice dancing, is one of the six athletes from my late father's country. He was mentioned in an earlier blog entry.

Here are the ten:

1) John Fairbairn. (pictured) 30. Canada. Men's Skeleton.

2) Arianna Fontana. 23. Italy. Women's Short-track Speed-skating. Won bronze.

3) Alexander Gazsi. 29. Germany. Ice Dancing.

4) Megan Bozek. 22. USA. Women's Hockey. Plays college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

5) Michael Mulder. 27. Netherlands. Men's Speed-skating. Won gold and bronze.

6) Lene Nielsen. 27. Denmark. Women's Curling.

7) Magnus Moan. 30. Norway. Men's Alpine. Won silver.

8) Jenny Jones. 33. Great Britain. Snowboarding. Won bronze.

9) Radko Gudas. 23. Czech Republic. Men's hockey. Plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

10) Nicole Rajicova. 18. Slovakia. Women's Figure Skating. Her event starts today; the skater is also an American citizen who resides in New York.

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