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In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was Stanford University (26 medals), followed by the University of Southern California (21 medals), the University of Florida (17 medals), UCLA (16 medals) and UC Berkeley (16 medals). [9][10][11][12] Although the 2024 Summer Olympics results have been ...
The list of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State University students (129) and coaches and faculty members (12) who have appeared as athletes at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The university had its most representatives participating in the 2024 Summer ...
Swimmer Tim McKee was the first University of Florida alumnus to win an Olympic medal while he was still an undergraduate and a current member of a Florida Gators varsity sports team. [2] McKee won silver medals in the 200- and 400-meter individual medley events. [2]
Lou Banach won a gold medal in Freestyle Wrestling in the 220-pound-weight class at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Banach was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of ...
Marquette University track star Ralph Metcalfe was born in Atlanta and competed in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, winning a silver and bronze medal. He qualified for his second Olympics in 1936 ...
List of University of Oregon Olympians. This article provides a list of Olympic athletes from the University of Oregon. The athletes listed have both competed in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games and have attended the University of Oregon. The vast majority of Olympic athletes from Oregon competed in the Oregon Ducks ...
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred to in English as the World University Games or World ...