Cameron (left) and Tyler Winklevoss, ...
2008 Summer Olympics by the numbers
Stamford Advocate
By Kate King
2 Medals won by Connecticut athletes, both rowers. Bristol native Michelle Guerette took home a silver medal in the women's single sculling event. Norwalk's Dan Walsh won a bronze in the men's 8 race.
5 Sports represented by Connecticut athletes at the Olympic games: Archery, rowing, tennis, shooting and equestrian.
9 Connecticut athletes who represented the United States in Beijing.
11 The age Emily Caruso of Fairfield began practicing her Olympic event: Shooting. Caruso trains for six to seven hours a day.
27 The age of Greenwich twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who rowed in the men's pair event.
46 National championships won by Connecticut athlete Richard Johnson, of Woodstock, who won an archery gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Athens but came back from Beijing empty-handed.
60 Years since a Norwalk native won an Olympic medal. Swimmer Marie Mortell brought home a gold medal in the 1948 Olympic games. Walsh earned a bronze medal this summer.
65 The number of workers who tracked the games on live video feed at an office in downtown Stamford for NBC's Olympics Web site.
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