The United States competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
The United States sent a maximum of two athletes to compete in the alpine skiing event, one male and one female athlete.
The United States qualified two male and two female biathletes.
The United States sent a pair of athletes to compete in the two-man bobsled event.
The United States qualified one male and one female cross-country skier.
The United States qualified a mixed team of two junior men and two junior women. The team representing the United States was decided at the Youth Olympic Games playdown in Grafton, North Dakota.
Skip: Korey Dropkin<br> Third: Sarah Anderson<br> Second: Thomas Howell<br> Lead: Taylor Anderson
Final place: 5
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The United States qualified a total of three singles skaters and three skating pairs. However, there were only one athlete in girls' singles, one pair team in pair skating, and two pairs teams in ice dancing. Originally, the United States had received a quota spot in the boys' singles competition and an additional quota spot in the girls' singles competition, but U.S. Figure Skating announced that those spots will not be filled.
The United States has qualified two male and two female skiers, one each in the half-pipe and ski cross categories for each gender.
The United States sent one boys' ice hockey team consisting of 17 athletes.
The team roster is listed as follows:
Head Coach: Ben Smith<br> Athletic Trainer: Stan Wong
Final rank: 4
The United States qualified three male and two female lugers.
The United States qualified one athlete in Nordic combined.
The United States qualified one male and one female short track speed skater.
Warren was relegated to the B final after the semifinal, and placed first in the B final. She finished fourth overall.<br> Warren qualified for the C final after the semifinal, and placed fourth in the C final. She finished eleventh overall.
The United States qualified one male and two female athletes in the skeleton event.
The United States qualified one male and one female athlete in the ski jumping event.
The United States qualified one male and one female snowboarder each in the men's and women's half-pipe and slopestyle competitions.
The United States qualified one female speed skater.