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Ohio State has produced over two hundred Olympic athletes, most notably Jesse Owens who won four Olympic gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and is one of the greatest Olympians in history. In all, 48 Ohio State athletes have combined for a total of 77 Olympic medals which includes 33 gold, 28 silver and 16 bronze medals.
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 ...
200 m. 1936 Berlin. 4×100 m relay. 1936 Berlin. Long jump. James Cleveland " Jesse " Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3] Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and ...
Notable Ohio State wrestlers. Mark Coleman – member of the UFC Hall of Fame, world silver medalist in freestyle wrestling, NCAA champion. Wayne Holmes – Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling at 1972 Summer Olympics. Myles Martin – NCAA champion, two-time finalist, and four-time All-American. Perry Martter – Olympian in freestyle wrestling ...
Donald de Wayne "Don" Harper (June 4, 1932 – November 30, 2017) [1][2] was an American diver who competed for Ohio State University and won a silver medal in springboard diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Harper was born in Redwood City, California on June 4, 1932, to Owen and Sarah Harper. [2][3] In addition to his skills as a diver, he was ...
440-yard freestyle. William Melvin Smith Jr. (May 16, 1924 – February 8, 2013) was an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in four events. He was one of the most successful competitive swimmers in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.
The USATF Hall of Fame (1978) Lawrence Snyder (August 9, 1896 – September 25, 1982) was an American track and field athlete, coach, and military veteran. He served as the track and field coach at Ohio State University from 1932 to 1965. [1] Larry Snyder was portrayed by Jason Sudeikis in the 2016 biopic, Race, about Olympic athlete Jesse Owens.
Kelly McCormick. Kelly Anne McCormick (born February 13, 1960, in Anaheim, California) is a retired Hall of Fame female diver from the United States. She dove for Ohio State University and twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, winning a silver (1984) and a bronze medal (1988) in the Women's 3m Springboard event. [2]