Ennis has not yet won an Olympic medal.
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Only U.S. Olympic athletes are liable to pay income tax on medals earned and prizes received at the London games. Under U.S. tax law, they must add the value of their Olympic medals and prizes to their taxable income. At today's commodity prices, the value of a gold medal is about $675. A silver medal is worth about $385 while a bronze medal is worth under $5. There are also prizes that accompany each medal: $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.
Canada has hosted the Winter Olympics twice: in 1988 in Calgary, Alberta and in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They won 2 gold medals in 1988; 14 gold medals in 2010 for a total of 16 gold medals as Winter Olympic hosts.
Canada defeated the USA 2-0 in the women's event while the gold medal in the men's event will be decided on Sunday, Feb 28 in a game between Canada and the USA.
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A world champion has won first place at their sports "World Championships". An olympic champion has won first place, a gold medal, in their sports olympic competition. While the World Champion can change every year, olympic champions can only be toppled off their perch once every four years.
While there are many Becky Scott's in the world, the most well-known currently is Beckie Scott, an Olympic Skiier from Canada.
Ulrich Salchow won the men's singles competition, while Nikolai Panin won the men's special figures competition.
Michael Phelps won 4 Gold and 2 Silver and while the most medals for the 2012 Olympics it was his worst performance at the Olympics. His total medal count is 22 with 18 Gold medals for the 3 Olympic games he has been in
In 1936, two U.S. athletes, Corny Johnson and Dave Albritton set the world record in the high jump at the Olympic trials when they tied for first place with successful jumps of 6' 9 1/2". Corny would go on to win the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic games while Dave Albritton won the silver medal.