Alex Deibold, who grew up in nearby Manchester, Vermont, took the Bronze medal today in snowboardcross.
Big congrats to #TeamUSA snowboarder @adeibold for winning bronze in #snowboardcross! http://t.co/IyUr3a7wva pic.twitter.com/pGn7oZ6pOw
— 12News (@12News) February 18, 2014
You can read about his epic performance on ESPN. This accomplishment is even more remarkable in that four years ago he attended the Olympics as a snowboard technician, the man who essentially gets the snowboards in shape for the athletes.