Ethan Coleman
Every four years, the Olympic medal table becomes a kind of living spreadsheet — and I am the person who pulls up a second screen to cross-reference it with historical data while everyone else is cheering. That tension between watching the moment and understanding what it means is pretty much how I operate as both a writer and an analyst.
How I Work
My process starts with getting my hands dirty. Before I write a single sentence about medal trends, team performance, or the mathematics behind national rankings, I run the numbers myself — building small tracking sheets, stress-testing assumptions, and deliberately looking for the result that surprises me. That hands-on habit keeps the writing honest and grounded in something real rather than recycled opinion.
- Tracking live medal counts and spotting patterns as they emerge
- Testing competing explanations before settling on one
- Translating dense data into language that clicks for any reader
- Revisiting conclusions when new results challenge them
Who This Is For
Whether you are new to following Olympic sports or you have been building your own medal trackers for years, the pieces I write are shaped with both of you in mind. The goal is always clarity without oversimplification — insight you can actually use.
Curious about something specific? Head over to my contact page and let me know — good questions genuinely shape what I write next.