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1992 Albertville Winter Games
1801 Athletes, 64 Countries, 57 Events

The Albertville Games were the last Winter Games held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. Two years after Albertville would be the 1994 Lillehammer (Norway) Games. Since then, the Olympics have been alternating between Winter and Summer every two years. Preceding the 1992 Games was the fall of the Soviet Union. Rather than competing as the nonexistent USSR, athletes from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan competed as a 'Unified Team.'

Sixteen Ivy League athletes made the journey to Albertville, in the RhÖneAlpes region of France. However, the complaint was that competitions were scattered throughout nearby resort towns, thus eliminating athlete interaction. Nevertheless, included in this group of sixteen was five hockey players: Kent Manderville (Cornell, 1993), Dan Ratushny (Cornell, 1992), Ted Donato (Harvard, 1991), Ted Drury (Harvard, 1994), and C.J. Young (Harvard, 1990).

Manderville and Ratushny were on the silver medal winning Canadian squad in what proved to be a thrilling Olympic hockey tournament. In a quarterfinal game between Canada and Germany, the two teams tied 33 in regulation, and neither scored in a 10minute sudden death overtime period. This led to a fiveman shootout, where both teams tied 22. Finally came a suddendeath shootout. Soontobe NHL star Eric Lindros struck first for the Canadians. The German player's shot went through the legs of the Canadian goalie, but was slowed by his pads. On the goal line is where the puck stopped, signaling a Canadian victory. The Canadian team made it to the final, losing to the Unified Team in the championship game. Donato, Drury, and Young led the U.S. to a fourthplace finish. All five Ivy hockey players at the 1992 Olympics saw NHL action. Donato was recently named head ice hockey coach at Harvard after a long professional career.

Six Dartmouth skiers made the trip to Albertville: Susan D. Forbes '83, Nina M. Kemppel '92, Elizabeth G. McIntyre '87, Christopher C. Puckett '94, Michael D.N. Teruel '92, and Leslie A. Thompson '86. The best finish came from McIntyre, a freestyle skier on the US team. She competed in the moguls in its first year with medal status, and came in sixth place. McIntyre would follow up that performance with a bronze medal in the 1994 Lillehammer Games. Teruel was the only competitor from the Philippines at the 1992 Games. Fellow Dartmouth grad, Erich K Wibrecht '84 was on the American biathlon team.

Cameron 'Cammy' Myler (Dartmouth, 1992) was in her third of four Olympic games as a part of the US luge team. In all four Games, she competed in the women's singles event. In Albertville was her best finish, fifth place.

Finally, Paul Wylie (Harvard, 1991) won a silver medal for the United States in the men's individual figure skating competition. He had finished in 10th place just four years before in Calgary. After the Albertville Games, Wylie spent many years on the Stars on Ice professional tour before attending the Harvard Business School.