Gwyn Phillips, a goalie with the U.S. women’s hockey team, grew up in Athens where she began developing her hockey skills on the ice at Bird Ice Arena.

U.S. women's hockey goalie Gwenyth Philips honors her Ohio hometown with a unique brick design on her Olympic helmet.

FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Panathenian stadium in Athens on Dec. 3, 2001. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file) LAUSANNE ...

A local athlete is two wins away from bringing home a gold medal from the Winter Olympics and is the first Olympian ever from the city, according to Athens Mayor Steve Patterson.