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Follow them to get a behind-the-scenes look at the 2014 Winter Olympics or just check out the gorgeous pics and videos we loved below. [**Bode Miller, Alpine Skier, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/millerbode) Olympic and World Cup championship gold medalist in skiing [**Bobby Brown, Freestyle Skier, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/bobby%5Fbrown1) Freestyle skier and winner of both the SlopeStyle and Big Air events at the Winter X Games XIV [**Joss Christensen, Freestyle Skier, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/josschristensen) First-time Olympian in Sochi [**Julia Mancuso, Alpine Skier, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/juliamancuso) Won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics for the giant slalom and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics for both downhill and combined [**Russ Henshaw, Freestyle Skier, Australian Olympic Team**](http://instagram.com/russhenshaw) Won a silver medal in Slopestyle at the Winter X Games XV [**Sarah Hendrickson, Ski Jumper, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/schendrickson) This is the first year the Olympics have a women’s ski jumping event. At only 19, Hendrickson has won U.S. title and a World Championship gold [**Ted Ligety, Alpine Skier, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/ted%5Fligety) Won the 2006 Winter Olympics gold medal in Alpine skiing and is a four-time World Cup Champion [**Greg Bretz, Snowboarding, Halfpipe, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/gregbretzz)**‘** Placed 12th in the 2010 Olympics [**Hannah Teter,** ](http://instagram.com/hannahteter)[**Snowboarding**](http://topics.time.com/snowboarding/)**, Halfpipe, Team USA** Won a gold medal in the halfpipe during the 2006 Winter Olympics [**Jamie Anderson, Snowboarding, Slopestyle, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/jamieandersonsnow) Competing in the slopestyle’s Olympic debut in Sochi [**Justin Reiter, Snowboarding, Alpine, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/justin%5Freiter) Earned a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in parallel slalom [**Mark McMorris, Snowboarding, Slopestyle, Canadian Olympic Team**](http://instagram.com/markmcmorris) Won gold medals at both 2012 and 2013 Winter X Games in slopestyle [**Nate Holland, Snowboarding, Snowboardcross, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/nateholland) Has won seven X Games gold medals [**Taylor Gold, Snowboarding, Halfpipe, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/taylor%5Fgold) Olympic rookie [**Kate Hansen, Luge, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/k8ertotz) Won the USA Luge National Championship in 2013 [**Lolo Jones, Bobsled, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/lolojones) Competed as a hurdler in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics [**J.R. Celski, Short Track Speedskating, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/celskeet) Won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics [**Kelly Clark, Snowboarding, Halfpipe, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/kellyclarkfdn) Won a gold medal at the 2002 Olympics and a bronze in 2010 [**Taylor Chace, Sled Hockey, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/taylorchace) Won gold with his team in the 2010 BC Paralympic Winter Games [**Monique Lamoureux, Women’s Hockey, Team USA**](http://instagram.com/moniquelam7) Won silver with Team USA in 2010 Winter Olympics with her twin sister Jocelyn ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5236/20-best-olympians-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5236/20-best-olympians-instagram/"},"headline":"The 20 Best Olympians To Follow on Instagram","datePublished":"2014-02-06T18:33:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:03.215Z","description":"They know the best filters for their Sochi pics","url":"https://time.com/5236/20-best-olympians-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","Athletes","Sochi","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5236/20-best-olympians-instagram/","name":"The 20 Best Olympians To Follow on Instagram"}}]}] ```